An Irish teacher suspended for refusing to use gender-neutral pronouns has said he would rather stay in prison for a century than compromise his beliefs on transgenderism.
Enoch Burke, an evangelical Christian, was jailed for contempt of court on Monday after breaching the injunction not to go to or try to teach at Wilson’s Hospital School in Co Westmeath.
Burke was arrested after turning up to the school “to work” after a disciplinary process begun after he refused to refer to a transgender student as “they”.
Jailed for transgenderism, that is. He was jailed for contempt of court. Different thing, y’know…..
Must admit I feel the court was worthy of contempt.
Hmmm… of course this’ll be counted as “religious fanatic is being fanatic”, but I sincerely wish more people would show some backbone like him.
It’s a bit like “No one ever goes to prison for not paying the BBC licence fee”. Technically correct but……..
Enoch Burke is the most splendidly Conservative name.
The school has said that there was no compulsion to use the new pronouns. The teacher has said there was compulsion.
It’s possible that the initial suspension was nothing to do with use of traditional pronouns, but that the teacher was protesting in the school. Ad then things really went crazy.
What Boganboy said. This guy’s a fruitloop of the first order.
Grikath, he’s not showing ‘backbone’ at all, he’s showing the same sort of crazy activism as the trannies pouring piss over themselves yesterday.
Since when did talking about somebody behind their back become a controlled activity?
I hear the thunderous crack of a hair being split.
A most lawyerly remark, Tim. Quite unlike you.
Why did the skool get the law involved?
A terrible crime had been committed!
Give me a break…
He was suspended, and asked to stay away while suspended.
He should have complied, and fought his suspension, going to tribunal if necessary.
Instead, he chose to ignore all that and sit in a classroom like a toddler having a tantrum.
He ignored the injunction telling him he couldn’t do that so went off to chokey.
This isn’t a trans issue.
Replacing the role of the Roman Catholic priesthood in Irish life was a jolly good idea unless you replace them by another bunch of barbarous bastards.
This isn’t a trans issue.
Yes, it is. If you had a pair you’d know that.
And jailed until he recants
Sure we’ve been her before…