Irish Teacher Enoch Burke Jailed Amid Transgender Pronoun Dispute...

[Jessica_Rose]

Irish Teacher Enoch Burke Jailed Amid Transgender Pronoun Dispute—Timeline

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Story by Aliss Higham (3 Sep 2024)

A teacher at the center of a longstanding dispute over recognizing a student's transgender pronoun has been jailed for a third time for violating a court order to keep him away from a school.

Christian evangelist Enoch Burke, a history and German teacher, was suspended from Ireland's Wilson's Hospital School in County Westmeath in August 2022 after he publicly confronted the then-principal about a transitioning student during a public school event.

Burke has been objecting to using the student's preferred pronouns and new name, arguing that using their preferred pronoun violates his religious rights.

Following his suspension, he continued to show up to the school in an attempt to teach lessons, resulting in a court injunction that barred him from the school grounds.

He has twice previously been incarcerated at Mountjoy Prison, a medium security men's jail in Dublin, for breaching the same court order.

On Monday, he was again found in contempt of the order after continuing to visit the school.

Burke told the judge: "You will answer to God for imprisoning me for my religious beliefs," The Irish Times reports. Burke denied he is in contempt of court.

[MaryT]

This Enoch Burke is very wrong and very stubborn but I can't help feeling very sad both for him and for the transitioning student.

[Lori Dee]

Christian evangelist Enoch Burke

Perhaps he should read his Bible. You can't claim to be a Christian and then not follow the Christian faith. That is called hypocrisy.

Reference: Galatians 3:28