Irish teacher Enoch Burke goes to prison for being a practising Christian and refusing to use the preferred pronouns and new name of a transgender pupil

Irish teacher Enoch Burke goes to prison for being a practising Christian and refusing to use the preferred pronouns and new name of a transgender pupil. He has been sentenced, for refusing to renounce his faith, his common sense and his clear conscience, to indefinite confinement until he complies with the court's order.

What is this if not a show trial against freedom of conscience and, in essence, the introduction into practice of persecution for thoughtcrime?

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Irish teacher Enoch Burke goes to prison for being a practising Christian and refusing to use the preferred pronouns and new name of a transgender pupil

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

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