Westmeath school gets temporary injunction banning a suspended teacher from it's premises

Going by the law of averages, one of those 100 babies will be intersex.

Going by the law of averages, one of the babies born yesterday or today will grow up and want to transition.

Going by the law of averages, one or more of today's babies, maybe more than ten of them, will grow up to be gay or lesbian or bisexual. Until 2015, that meant they couldn't get married to the partner of their choice! Until 1993, they couldn't legally have sex with partner of their choice! Imagine that! Was it right, equitable, fair, just? No! And so we learned, grew as a society, and changed those laws. Did the sky fall in? No.

It'll be the same with transgender issues. The Gender Recognition Act was passed in 2015. The sky hasn't fallen in.

The story made the NY Post. Looks like it is going to blow up internationally. Mr. Burke may make a career out of this. I expect he will be on Fox News when he gets out.

https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/teacher-enoch-burke-jailed-over-trans-pronouns-flap/

It's somewhat amazing how often that exact, particular phrase is used by those who then go on to attack transgender people, verbally or in print/social media. It's almost like there's a training course.

This!

I wear a mask when going into a particular office in work, because I know the person in there wants visitors to do so, and I also happen to know why, even though the mask protocol in my job has been lifted. It costs me nothing to do it.

I used to roster a Muslim colleague so they had free time around noon for their prayers, whenever possible (it wasn't always). It cost me and the rest of the team nothing to do it, or to let them use a spare room for their prayers, even though I'm an atheist.

Ms Mary Smith leaves the office on a Wednesday, comes back Monday 3 weeks later as Mrs Mary Murphy, HR and ICT change her name on the various systems to her married name. It costs us nothing to do it (even though I might wonder why in this day and age, someone is taking their partner's name, I keep my mouth shut about it).

We make these sorts of accommodations all the time, for all sorts of reasons. It's how society functions.

You're right! In this day and age, I think it is absolutely crazy women who get married and take their husband's names. But do I say anything to them??? Darnit I don't. I just call them Mrs Mary Murphy or whatever they say they want to be called and get on with my life

There certainly does seem to be a lack of original thought that's for sure.

Nope, breach of a court order or injunction is a civil contempt of court, rather than criminal contempt of court (which would be interfering with a trial or witnesses, for example).

Because in the views of many, gender is about what’s between your ears, not between your legs.

Joking about some getting raped is an interesting reaction. Should it be wished on anyone, even if you dont like their family, or disagree with their views on sex and gender, religion?

Prison should always be a last resort for non-violent offenders. But looking beyond the headlines, it seems like there was little choice here? He insisted on showing up in the school after he had been suspended. What else could be done?

Including information about the interrupted school ceremony and the harassment of the principal would have put a different spin on that story.