Teacher on trial for using wrong pronoun on transgender student – ​​’I’m not giving up my Christian beliefs’

A teacher from Ireland is in trouble with the law as he called one trans student with the pronoun “he”, when the child, his parents and the school asked him to use “it”.

In accordance with dailymail.co.ukThe Enoch Burke after Catholic school decision who were working he was relieved of his dutieswhile the management requested an investigation to establish whether he addressed the child as “he” by mistake or intentionally with the aim of offending him.

Nevertheless, the man he broke the terms and went to teach normallyas a result arrested and since then he has had two trials against him, while the judge decided on his temporary imprisonment.

“I’m not giving up my Christian beliefs”

Enoch Burke both at the authorities, and in related questions from reporters, claimed that the persecutions against him are happening because he is a “Christian” and because “you must speak properly to trans people”.

In fact, the fact that, while he invokes his religion as a line of defense, caused an impression, leaves suspicion for the student -does not participate in the lawsuit against him- and transgender peopleThe moment when it all started from a decision of the catholic school he was working.

“It is madness to be taken from this room to a prison, but I will not give up my Christian beliefs,” he said characteristically and added that “I am a teacher and I do not want to go to prison. I want to be in my class today, that’s where I was this morning when I was arrested. Trans people are against my Christian belief. It’s against the scriptures, against the ethos of the Church of Ireland and my school.”