FCPS schools hosting religious events?

[Anonymous]

You are a terrible person, OP. I am considering moving away from Northern Virginia when I lose my job because it's so expensive here, but I hesitate because I generally love raising my child around all of the open-minded people here. And then you post this.

[Anonymous]

Open minded people know that the government isn’t supposed to be sponsoring religious events.

[Anonymous]

A new day has dawned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Received the following email from our school:

Dear Parents/Guardians,

As we are in the holy month of Ramadan, we invite you to join us for a special community Iftar dinner. This event is a celebration of unity, cultural respect, and the values that make us ethical global citizens. We aim to create an inclusive space where we can share food, fellowship, and learn from each other's diverse backgrounds. Please join us for an evening of warmth and connection as we break our fast together. This is a wonderful opportunity to build community, foster mutual understanding, and appreciate the rich tapestry of cultures within our school family.

Date: Thursday, March 27th

Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Location: Frost Middle School – Lecture Hall

A location for Magrib prayer will be provided for those who want to participate.

To make our Iftar dinner a success, we are asking each family interested in joining to:

contribute a dish to share and indicate the exact dish on the form below. This will help us ensure we have a delicious variety of foods and avoid duplicates.
list the main ingredients of your dish to help with allergy awareness and to celebrate the different ingredients used in our cultures.

Please complete this form if you plan to attend. We look forward to seeing you there!

I'm curious if such events are allowed and if any such events are hosted in other schools. I thought FCPS public schools are supposed to be secular no? They haven't hosted any such events for other faiths.

I have had to deal with Christmas being done from November to December in public schools in multiple states you can deal with this. Right now you have the option to not be involved. Soon that will be not true for all children who are not Christians they will have to read the christian bible (which verision prob trump's) k-12.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A new day has dawned.

This isn’t a “new day.” This is not a change in law or policy. It’s just someone being reminded what is legal and what is not. You would think a principal would know better buy apparently not. He may need a refresher training.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MAGA, amirite? God forbid we celebrate any diversity. The war on Christmas, blah blah blah. Just shut it, privileged brats.

The privileged groups are actually the ones we aren't allowed to criticize.

[Anonymous]

I am an atheist so I am whatever, but I just can't imagine being the person comply about an optional after school event like this that everyone is welcome to attend.

[Anonymous]

OP.
The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced on the school principal's plain stupidity.

By sending this email he created backlash from other religious groups because these were was no "inclusion" by organizing other similar events.

He was eventually forced to backtrack and he now faces backlash from the Muslims.

Reminds me the Bud light story. You lose the game as soon as you lose your neutrality to the public. You can't appease both sides afterwards no matter how many word salad emails you send.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP.
The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced on the school principal's plain stupidity.

By sending this email he created backlash from other religious groups because these were was no "inclusion" by organizing other similar events.

He was eventually forced to backtrack and he now faces backlash from the Muslims.

Reminds me the Bud light story. You lose the game as soon as you lose your neutrality to the public. You can't appease both sides afterwards no matter how many word salad emails you send.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am an atheist so I am whatever, but I just can't imagine being the person comply about an optional after school event like this that everyone is welcome to attend.

It’s not okay for the school to sponsor or host a religious event. This isn’t a hard call. Of course the community could rent the space through community use and hold the event. But not the school.

[Anonymous]

The event was cancelled. Makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MAGA, amirite? God forbid we celebrate any diversity. The war on Christmas, blah blah blah. Just shut it, privileged brats.

The privileged groups are actually the ones we aren't allowed to criticize.

+1 I'm an atheist and don't want any groups inserting their religion into schools. The school where I work does not celebrate Halloween, all music is completely secular. We have stripped every custom that is vaguely related to religious custon away-except Muslim students are given space to fast and pray. Our principal sends out a Ramadan message. I have no idea how this happened other than fear. They are a large but not the largest minority population in my district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am an atheist so I am whatever, but I just can't imagine being the person comply about an optional after school event like this that everyone is welcome to attend.

It’s not okay for the school to sponsor or host a religious event. This isn’t a hard call. Of course the community could rent the space through community use and hold the event. But not the school.

Your world is about to be rocked when you find out that FCPS has rented space for religious groups for YEARS.



Some of you ghouls won’t be happy until every single person conforms to your uptight life.


I’m not Muslim, you know my reaction when I saw an event taking place after school hours that doesn’t involve or impact me?

“Oh, okay.”


And that was it. The insistence of absolute losers to always be the “main character” is exhausting. It doesn’t impact you and you simply couldn’t abide that. This had to become a “but what about me!” situation for a significant portion who weren’t even aware of this until some other loser shared it.


That some are sitting smugly satisfied that they ruined a celebratory community event is just a sign of the times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am an atheist so I am whatever, but I just can't imagine being the person comply about an optional after school event like this that everyone is welcome to attend.

It’s not okay for the school to sponsor or host a religious event. This isn’t a hard call. Of course the community could rent the space through community use and hold the event. But not the school.

Your world is about to be rocked when you find out that FCPS has rented space for religious groups for YEARS.



Some of you ghouls won’t be happy until every single person conforms to your uptight life.


I’m not Muslim, you know my reaction when I saw an event taking place after school hours that doesn’t involve or impact me?

“Oh, okay.”


And that was it. The insistence of absolute losers to always be the “main character” is exhausting. It doesn’t impact you and you simply couldn’t abide that. This had to become a “but what about me!” situation for a significant portion who weren’t even aware of this until some other loser shared it.


That some are sitting smugly satisfied that they ruined a celebratory community event is just a sign of the times.

What is wrong with you? The post you replied to said it was fine for religious groups to rent space! It’s about the school hosting and inviting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am an atheist so I am whatever, but I just can't imagine being the person comply about an optional after school event like this that everyone is welcome to attend.

It’s not okay for the school to sponsor or host a religious event. This isn’t a hard call. Of course the community could rent the space through community use and hold the event. But not the school.

Your world is about to be rocked when you find out that FCPS has rented space for religious groups for YEARS.



Some of you ghouls won’t be happy until every single person conforms to your uptight life.


I’m not Muslim, you know my reaction when I saw an event taking place after school hours that doesn’t involve or impact me?

“Oh, okay.”


And that was it. The insistence of absolute losers to always be the “main character” is exhausting. It doesn’t impact you and you simply couldn’t abide that. This had to become a “but what about me!” situation for a significant portion who weren’t even aware of this until some other loser shared it.


That some are sitting smugly satisfied that they ruined a celebratory community event is just a sign of the times.

PP literally acknowledged that and says it's fine! I agree, as an atheist, I have no problem with people paying to use the facility after hours. This is different