State workers told to drop religious e-mail postscripts

[OhioChick]

Columbus - Fed up with the religious aphorisms employees have been attaching to their e-mail, the Ohio Department of Taxation has threatened to discipline workers whose postscripts wish the recipient a blessed day.

"There is a continuing trend to voice personal views as part of a salutation immediately before or after the sender's name," William Cort, internal audit administrator, wrote in an e-mail sent to department employees on Tuesday.

"These include sayings, proverbs, personal advice or are sometimes religious in nature. As this is a business environment, the preferable ending is a one or two word(s) acknowledgment, the person's name, title and contact information."

Samples of postscripts to e-mail intercepted by Cort include one from an employee in the commercial activity tax division that says: "May God continue to bless you and keep you from all hurt, harm and danger. This I ask in Jesus' name. Amen."

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Whatever happened to the Separation of church and state?

[Obamarama]

1. Hooray to the person(s) who pushed this....

It's about time someonw took a crowbar and started separating chruch from state in this country. I have no problem with "church"....except when it's mixed up with my government.