School Board Reluctantly Bans Administrators From Sending Religious Messages To Employees

In Florence, South Carolina yesterday, the Florence School District 1 board unanimously but reluctantly banned administrators from sending religious messages to school employees.  According to SCNow, the interim superintendent and a school principal had been sending e-mail and memos containing religious messages, and sometimes overt proselytization, to school district employees. The e-mails included daily scriptures, bits of Christian theology and suggested hymns for times of stress. Americans United for Separation of Church and State had complained to the school board earlier this month about the situation.