(UK) We're being forced to change our beliefs, says Christian GP fired over transgender views [View all]
Source: The Telegraph
We’re being forced to change our beliefs, says Christian GP fired over transgender views
Steve Bird
Sat, February 12, 2022, 10:18 AM·3 min read
A doctor sacked from his job for refusing to call a transgender woman “she” is taking his case to the High Court claiming those with “gender-critical beliefs” are being “coerced and threatened”.
Dr David Mackereth was dismissed in 2018 as a disability assessor for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) after refusing to renounce his Christian belief that gender is determined biologically at birth.
He told a manager that he would not call a transgender woman a “she”, adding that his faith meant he could not describe “any 6ft tall bearded man [as] madam’.”
The following year, the Reformed Baptist went to an employment tribunal in Birmingham, claiming that he was unfairly dismissed because of his Christain beliefs. He claimed that the DWP’s refusal to allow him to address a client by their biological sex breached his rights to freedom of thought, conscience and rights to practise his religion.
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