Federal employees sue USDA secretary over Christian messaging

Federal employees are suing Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, arguing that her use of Christian messaging in the workplace is "unconstitutionally coercive."

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday (May 13) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, said Rollins "has adopted a practice of sending increasingly proselytizing communications to the entire USDA workforce, promoting her own preferred brand of Christian beliefs and theology to the captive audience of employees that report to her."...