Enoch Burke cannot ‘in conscience’ obey direction by school on how to refer to student, court hears

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Teacher ordered to be brought before court after he allegedly breached an injunction preventing him attending schoolEnoch Burke being brought into the Four Courts by gardaí, accompanied by his father, Sean Burke. Photograph: Collins CourtsA secondary school teacher has told the High Court he cannot “in conscience” obey a direction by the school where he is employed “to call a boy a girl”.

He is a teacher and does not want to prison, he said earlier. He loved his students and his subjects, German, politics and history. “I cannot do that, transgenderism is contrary to my Christian belief,” he said. It was also contrary to the ethos of the school and the Church of Ireland and to the teaching of all major churches on this island, he said.

Were he to bow to something he knew is “manifestly wrong”, that would be a shame and disgrace on my part, the order is impossible to obey and should never have been made, he said. Noting Mr Burke was confirming in court that it was his intention to continue to attend the school, the school had no option but to proceed with its application to have him found in contempt, she said.

 

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Transgender nonense end thud madness now its child abuse

As a nation we have gone nuts.

Is he a member of the dangerous American baptist cult?

This is crazy this man is 100 percent right ..I want my kids called she. Not they or z or a silly tree ..it's beyond stupid and as a mother any teacher tries pushes this on my kids I certainly won't have it..

Brain washed. The whole family are.

Give him and his family of nutters one way tickets to Alabama !

He is a Bible bashing god botherer btw

Very sad, and worrying. I can emphatise with people of trans identity but education is a two way street. Imprisoning people because of their fundamental beliefs is anathema to a Republic. Extremism is on the rise.

What a pair of creatures

Can he obey an injunction to stay away from school? Can he stop shouting & disrupting school events? Can he stop being aggressive? That's why he's in court

No winners with this. Compromise needed

Christofacsist says he can’t be held to account for breaking the law

Enoch may become a Eunuch if he has to spend time inside....

The family have form

If you think that compelling a man to deny reality and tell lies to satisfy a brain-damaged child with sick parents is the right thing to do, I want you to know that I think you're an outright morally bankrupt disgrace and child abuser. Burke was failed by fools.

Then a change of career is his best option.

Arrogance personified?

No matter what one's views on transgender issues, a decent person would try to minimise suffering for a child living through a difficult time in life.

Was he placed on paid or unpaid leave originally? The article is saying unpaid but RTE is saying paid.

He is dead right. This Ffn nonsense needs to stop now.

Then I guess he can resign

Seriously, who’s paying for all this

But the High Court case is not about pronouns. What he's claiming is that his conscience will not allow him to obey a court order to stay away from a school where he has no pupils and which doesn't want him on the premises. It's a conscience born of ingrained superiority.

100% in the right. He’s a teacher with a responsibility to direct these kids in the correct way. Truth matters.

FreeEnoch

Well off you go you bigot

i truly believe that certain members of that burke family should be required to undergo psychiatric assessments.. they don’t seem fully compos mentis

He teaches politics, German and history, you say

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