Trump admin issues new guidance to protect religious expression across federal workforce


OPM Director Kupor issued a memo ensuring federal workers can display Bibles, crucifixes, or mezuzahs on their desks; and more


By Brooke Singman Fox News
Published July 28, 2025 11:16am EDT

Federal agencies are now required to protect religious expression in the workplace, according to a new government-wide memo obtained by Fox News Digital on Monday—marking one of the most sweeping moves in decades to defend faith and freedoms in the civil service.
...federal workers can display Bibles, crucifixes, or mezuzahs on their desks; pray in groups while off-duty; invite colleagues to church; and speak about their religious beliefs, even to the public, without fear of reprisal.
They mention Judeo Christian stuff but does it apply to ALL religious symbols?

"During a break, an employee may engage another in polite discussion of why his faith is correct and why the non-adherent should re-think his religious beliefs. However, if the non-adherent requests such attempts to stop, the employee should honor the request," Kupor wrote. "An employee may invite another to worship at her church despite being belonging to a different faith."
This seems like really poorly thought out guidance. You want people to talk about how their religion is better than someone else's at work? What's next? Politics?

Why is the executive branch getting involved in this at all since we already have freedom of religion?