Posted on 07/11/2018 4:58:24 AM PDT by Petrosius
UNITED KINGDOM, July 10, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – A doctor who has worked for 26 years with the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has been “sacked” for refusing to use transgendered patients’ incorrect, “preferred” pronouns.
The treatment of the 55-year-old father of four who believes that sex is biological and not a matter of personal preference raises questions about the chilling effect that pro-LGBT policies of government agencies have on freedom of speech, especially when it comes to Christians.
Multiple reports from UK media indicate that Dr. David Mackereth was “deemed to be ‘unfit to work’ after he said he would refuse to identify patients by their preferred gender.”
Mackereth had sought a new position within NHS as a disability assessor for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). While training for his new job, Mackereth came under scrutiny for his reluctance to use patient’s preferred pronouns in written reports.
The DWP said in an email that his refusal to do so “could be considered harassment as defined by the 2010 Equality Act.”
The Equality Act identifies those undergo or who propose to undergo gender reassignment are part of a protected class. Failure to use preferred pronouns is interpreted as unlawful discrimination.
Under ferocious attack
Dr. Mackereth, who is a Christian, worries about what the DWP’s action implies about freedom of speech – and thought – in the UK.
“I’m not attacking the transgender movement. But, I’m defending my right to freedom of speech, and freedom of belief,” said Mackereth, according to the UK Telegraph. “I don’t believe I should be compelled to use a specific pronoun. I am not setting out to upset anyone. But, if upsetting someone can lead to doctors being sacked then, as a society we have to examine where we are going.”
“I said that I had a problem with this. I believe that gender is defined by biology and genetics and that as a Christian the Bible teaches us that God made humans male or female. I could have kept my mouth shut but it was the right time to raise it,” he said.
“By stating what has been believed by mankind for centuries – namely that gender and sex are determined at birth – you can come under ferocious attack,” he continued. “If we are no longer allowed to say that you believe sex and gender are the same and are determined at birth, everyone who holds my views can be sacked on the spot under this Act. I’m not an isolated case.”
In the same situation the only pronouns I’d use are “him”,”her” and “it”.Anything else...you’re outta luck,pal.
What we’ve got here is failure to PC communicate.
Simply put, Britain is not worth defending with American blood and treasure.
ok. If he has to use the wrong pronoun then he should also refuse to treat a biological female for female issues. “Sorry, I can’t test you for gynecological problems because men don’t have those things.”
there are no transgenders. there are merely freaks.
The UK is lost. I this story was from the pre-breakup USSR we wouldn’t bat an eye. They are a totalitarian fascist country today. Let’s move on.
One more good Doc the NHS can’t do without. It will have to Prioritize and Delay more patients even longer; who needs cancer treatments anyway.
Why are people expected to keep track of all this personal preferred pronoun BS?
Expand on that thought... Why is a doctor who handles hundreds of cases expected to keep track of all the personal preferred pronouns of the patients that he sees maybe once a year maybe twice a year or perhaps and have never seen before?
and then... Why are people who come in contact with many people and who shouldn’t have to handle the personal preferred pronoun demands of an insane Society Be punished for just dealing with a patient as a patient and not as someone who needs special attention in order to fulfill their psychosis?
UK government insists take genders should be legitimized and anyone who disagrees should be sacked.
I believe only two human genders exist: male and female on account of biology, religion and the law.
And no force on earth will compel me to change my perspective on it and that’s just plain common sense.
No matter what the Lavender Mafia thinks.
Coming to a country near you (if 0care isn’t completely repealed).
Make no mistake.
Thought Crime Is Death.
The reality of this is tantamount to a screwball comedy. It’s not to be take seriously. But for some reason an absurd societal inversion has occurred. This was/is caused by the Marxists trying to destroy society and rebuild it in their own image and likeness
The leftist bumper sticker says “resist”. No. It is WE who must RESIST.
Biology determines sex. Gender is whatever the heck you want it to be. That said, if a biolgical male has a case of testicular cancer but the patient referers to himself as female, WTH is the NHS demanding the doctor do? What EXACTLY does the NHS have a problem with? Rudeness or something that adversely affects patient outcomes?
I have to humor fake people with made-up pronouns to avoid hurting their feelings and I reject transgenderism as normal.
Why should I be compelled to violate my moral beliefs and the facts to acknowledge something that doesn’t exist in the first place?
Many of us who ranted about socialized medicine underestimated how truly evil it would become.
Perversion empowered by the state—how did we get _there_? :-(
So the UK is a shovel ready job.
You’ve bought into the madness.
Men are men. Women are women.
He's being persecuted, and we need more sane doctors here. Win-Win.
Any time I see an article like this, I am SO glad we have President Trump
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