Enoch Burke turns up to school again despite sacking - read OP before posting

I'm not sure about primary schools but I know from my own kids at "catholic" secondary school ( no real choice available) and the fact that I work in a "catholic" secondary school that church is not front and center.

We had a carol service and there will be an annual mass, that is about the extent of the Church involvement. Definitely no obligation for daily prayers etc.

My strong preference would be no church involvement but in my experience the involvement is fairly minimal.

That wasn't for the case they took against the life ban on membership of University societies. They lost that case.

Issac Burke got that 13k payout for a case he took against the university because of a delay in scheduling his final 'viva' exam for his PhD. A completely different case.

The school I work in has protestant teachers. A school mass may be ridiculous but once a year is certainly not front and center.

I don't disagree I would prefer no church involvement. I live in a mid size town, my preferred option would have been mixed non denominational school. The only options apart from the single sex Catholic schools was the etb school or the Gaelscoil, neither suited.

Although neither of my kids are religious they got on fine at school. Plenty of Muslim, Hindu, non religious pupils there also.

My point is that although I would prefer no church involvement, most schools in my opinion do not push religion above all else.

No he couldnt do any of that as he would be breaking equality laws

So what though. Lots of have beliefs but we dont go out of our way to cause hassle for others because of our beliefs.

That just isn't true. His actions/behaviour are a consequence of his personality.

Exactly. Imagine if he was a Biology teacher I wonder evolution get taught in his class.

Id love to see him working in a bakery up north :)

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He's an Evangelical type Christian as I understand, apparently doesn't believe in transgenderism as no biblical evidence etc This type of conviction goes hand in hand with personality. You hardly expect someone to be an Evangelical Christian and then swallow their principles at the drop of a hat? Otherwise they wouldn't be an Evangelical Christian, they'd be hypocrites.

So maybe he's not suited to teaching but then you could equally argue that Catholic doctrine has no place in education, where clearly it does in practice in many national schools.

It's difficult for Burke to be in a minority position and to stand up for what he believes in. The question is will he be tolerated in this by society or cancelled. Judging by here, cancelling is the choice of most.

He can stand up for what he believes in without disrupting a mass and verbally abusing the school principal.

you can't but by god you are going to try in order to explain his behaviour.

If Enoch Burke had simply point blank refused to adhere to the school's request to refer to the pupil by their preferred pronoun he would probably been fine. It very difficult to get rid of a full time teacher so unless he was breaking an actual law the school might have difficulty enforcing it's request.

So it is not true to say he was doing this for personal reasons, he deliberately provoked a confrontation with school management on this issue to make a point. It did not need to affect his day to day work. He could simply have quietly refused to use the child's preferred pronouns and there is very little anyone could do.