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UK police investigate Catholic mom of five for ‘misgendering’ trans in tweet
LifeSite News ^ | March 20, 2019 | Dorothy Cummings McLean

Posted on 03/20/2019 10:19:49 AM PDT by ebb tide

UK police investigate Catholic mom of five for ‘misgendering’ trans in tweet

GUILDFORD, England, March 20, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – A UK Catholic mother of five is being investigated by police following a complaint that she deliberately referred to a biological male who believes he’s female as a “he” on social media last year. The mother says she’ll “happily” go to jail for the right to say that “people cannot change sex.”

Caroline Farrow, 44, is a well-known Catholic apologist and commentator on social issues in the United Kingdom. She appeared on television talk show “Good Morning Britain” last September to debate transgender activist Susie Green. Green took her son Jack Green, now known as “Jackie,” to Thailand for a “sex change” when he was 16. Now Susie Green has made a complaint to police that Farrow “misgendered” her now-adult child online. 

Farrow revealed the police investigation via Twitter. 

“Had a message from Guildford police tonight about my tweets following an appearance on GMB with Susie Green and Piers Morgan,” Farrow wrote. 

“Susie Green has reported me for misgendering her daughter [sic]. I have pointed out to the police that I am a Catholic journalist/commentator and it is my religious belief that a person cannot change sex,” she continued. 

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Farrow has engaged in an online debate, via Twitter, for months, promoting the tweets of such women’s groups as “Fair Play for Women,” which advocates for authentic female athletes against transgender activists. Farrow also contributed an article to LifeSiteNews about police investigations of British citizens who publish their disbelief in transgender ideology. 

“'We are in the middle of a national conversation about what it means to be male and what it means to be female,” Farrow tweeted. 

“Nonetheless, following my appearance on National Television the CPS have decided I need to be interviewed under caution for misgendering Susie Green’s child,” she continued.

“I don’t even remember said tweets. This was in September! I have done nothing wrong, nothing illegal and will happily do jail time for my right to say that people cannot change sex.”

The allegation means that Farrow is being investigated for a potential hate crime under England’s Malicious Communications Act. The maximum penalty is 2 years in prison. 

Television personality Piers Morgan reacted with shock to the news, retweeting Farrow’s tweet with the comment “WHAT!!!!”

Farrow refused to appear on the BBC this morning with Susie Green, citing both family responsibilities and the impropriety of discussing an ongoing police investigation on television. 

“They rang me at 7am to appear on at 10am,” she tweeted on Tuesday morning.  

“I have 5 kids and school run. I cannot discuss an ongoing case. It’s why I have declined a host of interviews. I do not know what I have done apart from ‘misgender Susie Green’s daughter [sic]’.”

Farrow added later that she was the victim of a “witch-hunt”

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“This is a public witch-hunt,” she wrote. 

“Whether or not I am in breach of the Malicious Communications Act or have broken the law needs to be investigated by the police & a court of law. Not the @vicderbyshire show,” she tweeted. 

Susie Green did appear on the BBC show, and said she “intended” to withdraw her complaint against Farrow. 

Farrow has been subjected to online and telephone harassment and abuse for years because of her Catholic beliefs.  In an interview last May, she told LifeSiteNews that the abuse was currently because of her public support for Alfie Evans and his parents.  

She also said she believed that many of her critics resent a Catholic woman appearing on mainstream television and in mainstream newspapers.

“They can’t bear it because I’m reasonable,” she said. “They’re online painting me as a nasty bigot.” 

LifeSiteNews reached out to Farrow yesterday. Although she declined to give an interview at this time, she indicated that she would speak to us next week. 


TOPICS: Catholic; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: censorship; government; hatespeech; homos; uk; witchhunt

1 posted on 03/20/2019 10:19:49 AM PDT by ebb tide
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To: Al Hitan; Biggirl; Coleus; DuncanWaring; ebb tide; Fedora; Hieronymus; irishjuggler; G Larry; ...

Ping


2 posted on 03/20/2019 10:20:47 AM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome")
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To: ebb tide

Take it to court and make them prove you’re wrong about the gender.


3 posted on 03/20/2019 10:31:00 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: ebb tide

Child abuse


4 posted on 03/20/2019 10:57:27 AM PDT by Praxeologue
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To: ebb tide
The boy's DNA will always be male. The only change he can make is to his outward appearance.

It is getting increasingly difficult for some people to use the reasoning portion of their brains.

5 posted on 03/20/2019 11:08:55 AM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: ebb tide

If it looks like a guy and sounds like a guy then ....


6 posted on 03/20/2019 11:11:17 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: ebb tide

If it looks like a guy and sounds like a guy then .... but it’s the UK so it figures.


7 posted on 03/20/2019 11:11:40 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: ebb tide

Britain went from de-criminalizing homosexuality, to criminalizing individuals who choose to address individuals according to their birth sex. As usual, liberals go from one extreme to another, and create an even bigger problem than the one they solved.


8 posted on 03/20/2019 11:19:12 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: ebb tide

England is becoming the rape trafficking and knifing capitol of the world and their leos are focused on tweets of Christians? How many british girls have been freed from Islamic sex slavery in the past year? Maybe that should be a higher priority than defending more sexual deviancy?


9 posted on 03/20/2019 11:19:55 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: ebb tide
“They can’t bear it because I’m reasonable,” she said.

She’s a little out of touch.

The Age of Reason is over.

10 posted on 03/20/2019 11:48:09 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: ebb tide

We’re entering Brave New World and 1984 all rolled into one.

And it’s horrifying to watch.


11 posted on 03/20/2019 12:21:10 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

They would love to do this in the US. Our forefathers built a sturdy bulwark against this kind of oppression. It is up to us to make sure it continues to stand.


12 posted on 03/20/2019 1:56:07 PM PDT by beef (Caution: Potential Sarcasm - Process Accordingly)
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To: ebb tide
I have pointed out to the police that I am a Catholic journalist/commentator and it is my religious belief that a person cannot change sex,” she continued.

Huh. I'm just a regular guy (engineering background) and that has nothing to do with it being a physical fact that humans can't change sex. There's only a few animals that can/do, pretty much all fish or amphibians.
13 posted on 03/20/2019 2:02:45 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: ebb tide
Sure looks to me like Susie Green was the one "misgendering" her son who wants to pretend to be a girl, not Farrow. This whole brouhaha has tried to dominate every area of our lives but the truth is that people who have genuine gender dysphoria are rare and it is a MENTAL disorder, not a physical one. Susie will learn she is not doing her children any favors. Unfortunately, it will be too late for her son since he has already had his sexual organs surgically removed when he was a child. Haven't heard that there's any such thing as a penis transplant.
14 posted on 03/20/2019 8:38:55 PM PDT by boatbums (Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to His mercy he saved us.)
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To: Svartalfiar; ebb tide
Pretty soon they will start advocating for people to be able to change their chronological AGE! Just read about that today. Hey, why not?! It won't be long before NOTHING can be considered absolute and it will all be fluid based on what the individual feels on any given day.
15 posted on 03/20/2019 8:43:59 PM PDT by boatbums (Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to His mercy he saved us.)
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To: boatbums

You are describing the LIB lunatic way of thinking and world view quite accurately .


16 posted on 03/20/2019 8:48:26 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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