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.”
The Left has long ago given up on persuasion and is now employing terrorism to get its way. It now routinely throws those it disagrees with out of restaurants, doxes them, verbally and physically assaults them. This is their “argument”; do what I say, or I’ll kill you.
Sex and gender, though related, are different. The former is a matter of genetics, the latter a matter of opinion.
Kindly don’t shoot the messenger.
The biological basis of gender is not a belief, but an objective, verifiable fact supported by multiple lines of evidence. No matter how loud the screams of the gender-centered mentally ill, no one has ever changed their genome or physical attributes by believing them to be something they are not.
“The leftist bumper sticker says “resist””
I like this one:
FASCISTS RESIST & DO NOT COEXIST
The whole idea of protected class is wrong. It started in the USA, and moved to other countries. It was wrong, illegal, and unconstitutional from the start.
The purpose of that was to give certain people power over normal people. The power to have normal people fired or thrown in jail. And they used that power with glee.
Just solve the problem by calling all the gender-deranged “it.”
The point is to subjugate others to your belief. Its not good enough to tolerate the freaks.
Your take? :-)
“Simply put, Britain is not worth defending with American blood and treasure.”
We are only a few years behind them, this is the future.
This is off the charts bizarre.
Worse, it never seems to end.
As some other Freeper once said, "Their delusions don't dictate my reality."
Hans Christian Anderson's "the emperor has no clothes" has come to life in the 21st century.
I was recently told that an employee of mine wants to be referred to as “they” and “them”; my response was to ask if she was schizophrenic? No such luck. Now that we’ve established you can choose any prefix/pronoun you want, can I have “Her Royal Majesty”? Better yet, I’d like to go by “YOUR Royal Majesty”!!! If you can’t beat them (many already have with the ugly stick) join them. How about being referred to as “mine”? That cold be a good start up for a 2018 Abbott and Costello.
...and islam is a religion of peace....@bs
How many of these freaks are out there?
Or he should insist on treating them. Oh, lady, you’re getting a Pap test whether you’ve got one or not...it’s right here on my list...
Because when we are sick we all care about being treated by somebody loyal to left wing insanity, not somebody trained in medicine.
Precisely! I absolutely refuse to tailor my speech to someone else's delusions. You may insist that your a purple, bald, unicorn for all I care. That doesn't mean that I have to lend credence to your rantings.
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