That seems to make the existence of an atheist government official something of an oxymoron.
Thank you for an unexpected but no less wonderful comment for that. I would add that we do have proof of atheist governments past and present that indeed thought that everything was allowed.
I already wrote about this, but it’s fitting to reiterate it:
Pol Pot handed out Kalashnikovs and AK-47s to young kiddie ‘soldiers’ to kill their next of kin.
You only need to read Solszhenitzyn to realize what the atheist Sovjet regime thought was in the interest of the country.
And Chairman Mao-Tse-Tung, after having ordered the execution of thousands on a daily basis, then took a bath, and then had five underage virgins delivered to him to have a good sex romp - every day.