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   Teacher Enoch Burke said that calling the pupil 'they' instead   
   of 'he' could be against his Christian beliefs, and continued to   
   turn up to work even after being suspended   
      
   A devoutly-Christian teacher who refused to comply with a court   
   order has been jailed indefinitely.   
      
   Enoch Burke had been ordered by the court not to enter Wilson's   
   Hospital School in Westneath after he refused to use a   
   transgender pupil’s chosen pronouns.   
      
   He had refused to refer to the transitioning student as "they"   
   rather than "he", in defiance of requests from the student and   
   their parents.   
      
   The row led to Burke being suspended by the school board,   
   pending the outcome of a disciplinary process.   
      
   But rather than stay at home on paid leave, he continued to turn   
   up to work, sitting in an empty classroom.   
      
   Burke has repeatedly refused to back down and use a gender-   
   neutral pronoun for the student.   
      
   “Transgenderism is against my Christian belief,” he said. “It is   
   contrary to the scriptures, contrary to the ethos of the Church   
   of Ireland and of my school.”   
      
   In court yesterday, he told Judge Michael Quinn: “I am a teacher   
   and I don't want to go to prison. I want to be in my classroom   
   today, that's where I was this morning when I was arrested.   
      
   "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."   
      
   After being jailed for contempt of court, he 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.”   
      
   Under Irish law, contempt of court carries an indefinite prison   
   term. In theory, the offender can only be released if they   
   apologise for the contempt, or if a judge finds another reason   
   to end the sentence.   
      
   Rosemary Mallon, acting for the school’s board of management,   
   told the judge that her client had no choice but to ask the   
   court to send Burke to prison for breach of a court order.   
      
   “It is a coercive order we are seeking, not a punitive order,”   
   she stressed. “We are simply seeking to have Mr Burke comply   
   with the order."   
      
   However, it seems unlikely Burke will change his mind.   
      
   He said: “My religious beliefs are not misconduct. They are not   
   gross misconduct. They never will be. They are dear to me.   
      
   “I will never deny them and never betray them, and I will never   
   bow to an order that would require me to do so. It is just not   
   possible for me to do that.”   
      
   In response, Judge Quinn said his ruling had no bearing on   
   Burke's arguments regarding his religious belief or his   
   suspension, but simply on his refusal to comply with the court   
   order.   
      
   https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/teacher-jailed-   
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