The Biden Administration has reportedly proposed new guidelines that would potentially bar Christians and others who’ve voiced dissatisfaction with current political regimes from government employment, The Washington Stand said Saturday.

Existing federal law will designate any applicant “unsuitable” for federal employment if that individual “knowing and willful engagement in acts or activities designed to overthrow the U.S. government by force,” according to citations shared by the outlet. But the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) wants to remove the words “by force.”

OPM staff want to replace the phrase with “a collection of provisions that are broad, ill-defined, and over-inclusive,” according to a source at the Family Research Council.

Your Freedom Of Speech Under Threat

Coalitions senior research and fellow for the Family Research Council told the Washington Stand that removing the phrase is “dangerously vague.”

“Such lack of clarity would give the government great leeway in keeping people out of federal employment that it did not like. he provisions repeatedly ran afoul of First Amendment norms — and would imperil the rights of clergy and religious believers.

The Biden Administration claimed that the legal employment policy includes far more nuanced factors. The only people punished would be those engaging in conduct that is not protected under the First Amendment.

Dangerous Or Stupid? It’s not worth the risk

Applicants who belong or have belonged to groups that have “unlawful aims.” Under the current phraseology, FRC found that this phrase would technically include people who helped runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad.

“The idea that mere speech can be deemed ‘violence’ has gained some acceptance in much of America,” FRC commented. “Such thinking, if absorbed into OPM legal practice, could transform pure speech into ‘violence,’ ‘intimidation,’ and ‘coercion.’” Yet the underlying action, of engaging in free speech, “does not seem far removed from teaching, instructing, or preaching doctrine — a common practice in churches, seminaries, and schools.”

So is the language in the bill dangerous or just ill-thought through? It’s not worth the risk either way! To learn more, check out the full article on The Washington Stand.

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