State Department's promotion of 'Being a Christian Leader' on website criticized for potential violation of Constitution

After Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used the State Department’s official media channels to promote his speech to the American Association of Christian Counselors entitled “Being a Christian Leader,” Newsweek journalist Andrew Whalen asked Nick for comment.

"Given Secretary Pompeo's record, it comes as no surprise that the State Department is using taxpayer money to promote Christian nationalist talking points. This is a man who once called Jesus Christ 'the only solution for our world' and said that Americans had a duty to 'worship our Lord and celebrate our nation at the same place' until the rapture," American Atheists President Nick Fish told Newsweek.

"With people like Tony Perkins leading the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and Sam Brownback as Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom, the Department of State looks more like it should be representing the Republic of Gilead from The Handmaid's Tale than an America that respects religious equality under the law," he added.