FFRF stops religious signature on email (September 9, 2020)

A Seminole County Public Schools employee in Ovideo, Fla., will no longer be using a religious email signature.

A district community member reported that an administrative secretary at Paul J. Hagerty High School was sending emails from her official district account with a religious message included in the signature line. One email she sent included the message, ā€œBelieve. When a believing person Prays, Great things happen. James 5:16.ā€

FFRF Staff Attorney Chris Line wrote to the schoolā€™s attorney, requesting that the email signature be removed so as not to create the impression of school endorsement of religion.

The districtā€™s attorney informed FFRF the religious signature has been removed from the staff memberā€™s email.

Freedom From Religion Foundation