Posted on 12/14/2022 6:31:53 PM PST by marshmallow
* Enoch Burke will spend the festive period behind bars, a court has told him
* The teacher was jailed for refusing to obey a court order to stay away from his school in County Westmeath, Ireland
* His school told him to stay away after he refused to address a student as 'they'
A Christian teacher who was jailed following his refusal to use gender-neutral pronouns has been told that he will remain behind bars over Christmas.
Enoch Burke was jailed in September after refusing to obey a court order to stay away from Wilson’s Hospital School in County Westmeath, Ireland, a school he is employed at.
His school told him to stay away in August after he was suspended on full pay for refusing to address a transitioning student as ‘they’ rather than ‘he,’ citing his devout Christian beliefs, which he maintained are against ‘transgenderism’.
But Mr Burke ignored the order and continued to attend school, leading to his arrest.
Mr Burke pleaded with the judge over video link today from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, to let him out for the festive period.
He told Mr Justice Conor Digham he was ‘not a thief, a murderer or a drug dealer’ and that he was being imprisoned because of his Christian beliefs.
But the judge refused to release Mr Burke as he was not willing to comply with the court order.
However, Mr Burke can be released at any point so long as he purges his contempt before the court.
He told the court that he would not do so as this would be reneging on his duty to God and his core Christian beliefs.
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Why is Russia/Putin doing this? Thank goodness we in the West have freedom.
At least we know the US hasn’t gone so far as to jail people for improper pronouns.
The world must mock Europe, Canada and the United States.
I think you are on wrong thread.
Putin supports traditional names and values.
This collective Wokeism boil on the arss of the world needs lancing real soon.
Wrongthink.
See tagline.
He was being sarcastic.
Exactly - The West, sadly, is leading the way on the road to Sodom and Gomorrah.
It’s shocking but then....
Luke 17:26-32
🛐🙏✝️
You can’t say that! It’s not on the list of approved phrases just released by the Associated Press. (That’s not a joke)
Today Ireland. Yesterday it was Norway. It seems freedom is waning around the world. We absolutely cannot allow that to occur here.
Blessed are you when they curse you because of Christ’s name.
People should just refer to each other by their proper names and forget about this pronoun nonsense altogether.
The depraved are trying to get that here in America too.
“Why is Russia/Putin doing this?”
Maybe later, right now Putin’s busy throwing war protesters in jail.
I’m surprised this is happening in Ireland. When did they turn?
LMAO
The snakes slithered back and St. Patrick isn’t around anymore.
My cousin’s daughter’s girlfriend goes by they. I just have to wonder how they don’t laugh. It is just another look at me construction.
Aside from this laughable fad being totally insane, calling an individual “They” is the grammar of an ignoramus.
I missed the part about those who want to be called “they,” claiming that two or more people live in one body.
What is the job of today’s English teachers? To teach “alternative” grammar? To validate anything that winds up on the page?
That seems like a perfect workaround. How can calling someone by their proper name be offensive?
Even if they’ve taken a new name, which isn’t their legal name, if they want to be called by a crazy nickname, go ahead and do it. People are called by nutty nicknames all the time...
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