Workers in the Ohio Department of Taxation have been told to stop attaching religious postscripts and other messages to their e-mails.

A story from the AP says, internal audit administrator William Cort notified employees last week that workers who attach Bible verses or other sayings at the bottom of their e-mails could be disciplined.

Employees ignored earlier requests to stop, so Cort is issuing a more severe warning, department spokesman Gary Gudmundson said. Cort had received about half-dozen complaints from agency staff about the messages.

"There is a continuing trend to voice personal views as part of a salutation immediately before or after the sender's name," Cort wrote in a message to department employees. Cort went on to explain that a business environment is not the place for proverbs, personal advice or religious references.

Cort found several e-mail sign-offs he found inappropriate. One tax commissioner agent ended an e-mail with "Deuteronomy 30:15-19 Choose Life."

Cort also prohibited the sending of chain letters through work e-mail, which also has been a problem in the agency.

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