Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Jackson-Reed
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Anonymous
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My child went to the activity fair at Jackson-Reed and mentioned there is a Fellowship of Christian Athletes club. I was surprised so I looked into it. I saw an old post here about them and some articles in the Post. DCPS banned them from the school two years ago for discriminating against the LGBTQ+ community, but a conservative Trump judge recently forced the school to let them back in. I believe in separating church and state so I'm worried, especially after reading this other article from around the same time they were banned. FCA seems bent on evangelizing and discriminating. Am I alone finding all of this disturbing?
Judge orders D.C. public high school to let in Christian athletes group https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/07/12/dc-fellowship-christian-athletes/ Students walk out in protest after public high school holds a Christian revival: ‘Is this legal?’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/10/christian-revival-west-virginia-students-walkout/ |
Anonymous
| Contact the Freedom From Religion Foundation asap. They will check into it if they don’t already know about it |
Anonymous
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Your kid doesn’t have to join.
Celebrate diversity. |
Anonymous
Pointless, as FCA is already allowed to organize in schools. |
Anonymous
Discrimination isn't diversity. Teacher advisers helping evangelize to minors isn't diversity. |
Anonymous
Who is discriminating? |
Anonymous
FCA, against LGBTQ students, according to DCPS. |
Anonymous
They were allowed back precisely because JR allowed discrimination. They allowed other groups who exclude based on protected classes. |
Anonymous
Such as… |
Anonymous
The ones mentioned in the article! 😀 |
Anonymous
NP but it is an interesting ruling. I guess JR could choose to not allow any group to restrict who their leadership can be and then ban the FCA. But until then I agree with the ruling. |
Anonymous
The examples in the article were the disabled student group, girls who code, and the gay student association. In what way did those groups discriminate? In similar groups I've seen, anyone who supports the mission of said group can join. |
Anonymous
| You know JR allows boys to join Girls Who Code and run for office? |
Anonymous
If they do it’s a relatively new change. Also, seems like the name of the club should be changed to Kids that Code or something more generic to indicate it’s truly open to all. |
Anonymous
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PP No, Girls Who Code does NOT allow boys to join. That's the point.
The judge's ruling was that as long as JR allows clubs that limit their membership to specific groups of students, it can't bar Athletes for Christ. The previous poster said that the groups cited in the judge's opinion weren't analogous to AFC because they allowed anyone who agreed with the "mission" to join. Boys can agree that there should be more females in tech, but that doesn't mean they can join Girls Who Code. |