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Christian Doctor “sacked over trans beliefs”

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Frankenterfer · 10/07/2019 06:45

Just saw this article on the BBC website which appears to boil down to the fact that the doctor in question was unsuitable to work for DWP because he could not in good conscience use a persons preferred pronouns. This seems strange to me because I have always understood that doctors are allowed to choose not to perform certain women’s procedures based on their religious beliefs and I doubt they are ever regarded unsuitable for employment because of this. What am I missing?

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BlackForestCake · 10/07/2019 07:10

Compelling the use of incorrect sex pronouns is not courtesy, it is gaslighting. It's forcing people to affirm something they know is untrue.

JessicaWakefieldSV · 10/07/2019 07:10

This is compelled speech. That should be illegal.

Ali1cedowntherabbithole · 10/07/2019 07:10

What am I missing

People needing abortions are female.

BlackForestCake · 10/07/2019 07:09

They were forcing him to pretend to believe it, which amounts to the same thing. Nobody is obliged to participate in someone else's fantasy.

donquixotedelamancha · 10/07/2019 07:05

What am I missing?

  1. This is not a tenant of Christianity. It's a tenant of grammar. I suspect it's not going to fly as a religious belief.
  1. They were not forcing him to believe that men are women, just enforcing a standard of courtesy.

That does not mean I think they are right. I do think compelling speech in this way is a form of discrimination against beliefs, I just don't think the law will agree.

Frankenterfer · 10/07/2019 06:46

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-48924966

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