I think your boss was way out of line when he sent you this very bad piece of poetry. If I worked with a boss who was an atheist and he sent me some bad poetry promoting pushing atheism down our kids' throats in school, I'd be ******.
I also think you were within your rights to respond as you did. Was it WISE to do so? I don't know - I don't know your boss.
I agree that no one particular religion should be promoted or enforced by our public schools. However, I also believe that students should be free to express and practice their individual religious beliefs, as long as this does not disrupt the school schedule.
As for TVOR's assertion that this was the wrong thing to do if you live in the American South or Midwest, or a rural area - let me remind the forum that bigotry and prejudice are not limited to those areas. All one has to do is read the variety of personal expressions on this particular forum to understand that.
This email would be inappropriate in any work setting, and considering that this poor piece of poetry has been emailed around the world by people around the world - I don't think that the American areas singled out for ridicule need to carry so much of the blame for this sort of ignorance. Stupid bosses, paranoid fundamentalists, and people with poor literary taste are scattered liberally all over this globe.
By the way, the American South is the most healthy region economically in the United States. Higher employment rates, lower housing prices, more affordable cost of living, better weather and friendly people - y'all come on down!
A bumpy economic recovery, with hope in Midwest, South - USATODAY.com
"Only 41 of 135 metropolitan areas in the Northeast and West were in recovery in February, according to Moody's Economy.com. By contrast, two-thirds of the 249 metro areas in the Midwest and South were on the upswing based on the February data, the latest available."