[socceroos]

While this is true, and should give people pause when considering the appropriateness of such a move, I don't think this is defacto the beginnings of an evil plot to "kill the religious people part 2". Another stepping stone along the way? Maybe. A move to further isolate and ostracize those who don't comply? Maybe.

One has to ask what the purpose of keeping such a list is. When considering that, I don't see many arguments with much weight to them.

[hn8788]

I think the purpose of the list is much more mundane, and it's just another record they're keeping for compliance reasons. Employee's religious information is private information, so storage probably requires extra safeguards just like medical information does. Keeping it all in a central place means you don't have every federal agency trying to implement their own secure storage solution.