Anonymous
Post 09/18/2024 19:03     Subject: Bus driver playing Christian Music
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is a public school bus not a Christian school bus. He can listen to his Christian music on his down time when there are no kids loaded.

The school bus is an extension of the school house. Imagine if the principal decided to play Christian or Islamic or Jewish music over the speakers. It is unacceptable any way you look at it.

Again, this is not a Christian private school and the bus driver is an employee of the public school system.

You know damn well all these people calling OP snowflake or otherwise discounting her views because it's against christianity would flip their SH*T if the driver was playing islamic music or prayers. But I'd wager that a muslim or jew would have more self awareness to NOT do that at a public school.

Why are christians always trying to skirt the rules and play victim when called out?


+1. Or imagine the driver was loudly playing an atheist podcast. The phone lines would be on fire
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2024 19:02     Subject: Bus driver playing Christian Music
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is a public school bus not a Christian school bus. He can listen to his Christian music on his down time when there are no kids loaded.

The school bus is an extension of the school house. Imagine if the principal decided to play Christian or Islamic or Jewish music over the speakers. It is unacceptable any way you look at it.

Again, this is not a Christian private school and the bus driver is an employee of the public school system.

You know damn well all these people calling OP snowflake or otherwise discounting her views because it's against christianity would flip their SH*T if the driver was playing islamic music or prayers. But I'd wager that a muslim or jew would have more self awareness to NOT do that at a public school.

Why are christians always trying to skirt the rules and play victim when called out?


False. I don't speak Arabic and would have no idea what was being said.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2024 19:00     Subject: Re:Bus driver playing Christian Music
Anonymous wrote:Literally nobody is being harmed by this. What a petty thing to gripe about. But I guess certain people aren’t happy unless all references to a transcendent being are eliminated from our society.


Have you heard the Christian music they play on the radio? Everyone is being harmed by this, even the Christians.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2024 19:00     Subject: Bus driver playing Christian Music
I’m Christian but unless the music is telling you thru sing that Judaism is wrong, Islam is wrong etc, I don’t see the issue. Most Christian music that’s on the radio is more , God loves everyone kind of stuff.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2024 18:57     Subject: Re:Bus driver playing Christian Music
Anonymous wrote:Literally nobody is being harmed by this. What a petty thing to gripe about. But I guess certain people aren’t happy unless all references to a transcendent being are eliminated from our society.

No one is being harmed by mosques in communities, but yet you and your ilk protest against them and harass attendees. Why can't we just follow separation of church and state while in a public school setting? Why must christians try and break the rules and then play victim?
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2024 18:54     Subject: Bus driver playing Christian Music
Anonymous wrote:This is a public school bus not a Christian school bus. He can listen to his Christian music on his down time when there are no kids loaded.

The school bus is an extension of the school house. Imagine if the principal decided to play Christian or Islamic or Jewish music over the speakers. It is unacceptable any way you look at it.

Again, this is not a Christian private school and the bus driver is an employee of the public school system.

You know damn well all these people calling OP snowflake or otherwise discounting her views because it's against christianity would flip their SH*T if the driver was playing islamic music or prayers. But I'd wager that a muslim or jew would have more self awareness to NOT do that at a public school.

Why are christians always trying to skirt the rules and play victim when called out?
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2024 18:53     Subject: Re:Bus driver playing Christian Music
Literally nobody is being harmed by this. What a petty thing to gripe about. But I guess certain people aren’t happy unless all references to a transcendent being are eliminated from our society.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2024 18:48     Subject: Bus driver playing Christian Music
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don’t think this is appropriate on a public school bus. I would definitely reach out to the school, county and transportation office to clarify what the rules are. I would definitely want to understand what the policy is rather than just make random demands.


+1. I am not a lawyer.

In Virginia, as in most states, public school buses are considered an extension of the public school system, which means that the same laws governing the separation of church and state apply.


I wish people would learn what the separation of church and state actually means.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2024 18:47     Subject: Bus driver playing Christian Music
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Teach your kid tolerance.


Tolerance of what and whom? In my opinion, teaching tolerance here = standing up for the kids on the bus that are not Christian.


Since we know all high schoolers have to bring phones to school, if only there was a way to use the phone to listen to something else.


LOL
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2024 18:46     Subject: Bus driver playing Christian Music
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Teach your kid tolerance.


Tolerance of what and whom? In my opinion, teaching tolerance here = standing up for the kids on the bus that are not Christian.


That’s actually the exact opposite of tolerance.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2024 18:42     Subject: Bus driver playing Christian Music
I enjoy reading the miserable responses in this thread. I hope they try to make a stink so they can realize their full miserable potential. Maybe even put a yard sign or two out that says ‘hate has no home here.’
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2024 18:28     Subject: Bus driver playing Christian Music
Anonymous wrote:My kid has told my that their bus driver plays extremely loud Christian music on their bus every day on a Christian radio station that also talks about God/Jesus/the Bible. This is a concern for us as we are not Christian. Considering FCPS is a public school district, is there anything we can do?


Grow up. And celebrate diversity.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2024 18:27     Subject: Bus driver playing Christian Music
Your teen is in high school and is fully capable of having a conversation with the driver. Use this as a teaching moment to show them how to address concerns through simple dialogue. In a few years, they might find themselves on a bus at a distant college campus facing a similar situation. Will you be intervening from home then?
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2024 18:24     Subject: Re:Bus driver playing Christian Music
Do you have an issue with the bus driver driving by churches or billboards that might have biblical verses on them?
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2024 18:24     Subject: Bus driver playing Christian Music
Anonymous wrote:
It's not appropriate, but honestly, I'd FAR rather hear about any of the major religions in song form rather than the usual misogynist, permissive and foul-mouthed crap.

If it's too loud, the driver should decrease the volume.


...and I realize all religions are misogynist, but usually it's not apparent in their songs!