Irish teacher jailed indefinitely for refusing to call a male student a girl. Teacher Enoch Burke who taught History and German refused to use the preferred pronouns of a trans student and use ‘they/them’ pronouns. He was then fired from his job and banned from going near the school. The school then got a court order against him but he refused the court order and was subsequently arrested and jailed. He now remains in jail indefinitely and won’t be released until he agrees to comply with the court order. Source: Daily Mail
@OliLondonTV He's in jail for breaking the court order to stay away from the school. We can support his stance on using pretend pronouns, but we need to be honest about why he's in jail.
@Dadto7Tech @OliLondonTV They’re denying him the freedom to work at his chosen field over “they/them”. I think he’s a pretty brave man.
@Dadto7Tech @OliLondonTV Fine If he's broken the law, but indefinitely if he doesn't comply?? Rapists get bailed! Unacceptable and cruel. Sounds like Ireland is lost.
@Dadto7Tech @OliLondonTV It is STILL SICK. Don’t you understand that?
@Dadto7Tech @OliLondonTV The court order was because he refused to lie
@Dadto7Tech @OliLondonTV But why was he asked to stay away from school?
@Dadto7Tech @OliLondonTV He was protesting the fact that they fired him. So, not only is he not allowed to have his job, but he is not allowed to protest the fact that they fired him for a belief that probably 30 to 40% of the population holds. Are they going to fire everyone?
@Dadto7Tech @OliLondonTV But he is being kept away from the school because he wouldn't use a word. How can that ever be a thing.