Okay, did I over-react on this?

[zbdent]

B*sh supporting co-worker (that I actually get along with fairly well) sent me one of those "generic feel-good" e-mails - you know - read and pass along.

Bunch of stuff of "things that make you smile".

Aside from two bits, it was some okay stuff.

One, I didn't bother touching - about swearing on the bible in courthouse but not being able to display the ten commandments outside. My impression, unspoken, was that if a Repuke placed his hand on the bible and swore to tell the truth "So help me God" - he or she had a good chance of being hit by lightning. But that wasn't the one which set me off.

Without getting nasty, I took on this one: "How come our kids aren't allowed to read a Bible in school, but people in prison are?"

I politely asked him (via e-mail) to provide one instance where a child was punished (in a public school) for READING A BIBLE. Not for preaching (which I could see as a disruption - usually, in study hall & the like, you're not supposed to be making a commotion).

I also pointed out to him that there are a lot of people these days who would consider a public school educated kid reading a BOOK as a miracle, with today's anti-public school attitude of people similar to him.

So, did I over-react?