Teacher who refused to use student's gender-neutral pronouns condemns 'insanity' as he is JAILED in Ireland

 'I love my school but I am here today because I would not call a boy a girl': Teacher who refused to use student's gender-neutral pronouns condemns 'insanity' as he is JAILED in Ireland

• Enoch Burke was arrested yesterday morning for breaching a court order
• The order barred him from teaching or being present at his Westmeath school
• The dispute began over his refusal to address a transitioning student as 'they' rather than 'he', as requested by the student and their parents in May
• He was later suspended, and refused to stay away from the school 
• After the ruling, Mr Burke said: 'I love my school, with its motto Res Non Verba, actions not words, but I am here today because I said I would not call a boy a girl'
  
  
  

• A teacher who refused to use gender-neutral pronouns for a transgender student has been sent to Mountjoy prison for contempt of court.

  Enoch Burke was arrested yesterday morning for breaching a court order not to teach at his Westmeath school, or be physically present there.

  After Judge Michael Quinn made his ruling, Mr Burke said: 'It is insanity that I will be led from this courtroom to a place of incarceration, but I will not give up my Christian beliefs.'

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