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Wipqozn
Wipqozn
00:06
A British government agency did not discriminate against an employee who refused to use transgender clients’ pronouns because he felt it violated his Christian beliefs, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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> The employee, David Mackereth, 56, had argued that the Department for Work and Pensions acted in breach of the country’s Equality Act when it instructed him to use clients’ preferred pronouns, or face the loss of his job.

> But the tribunal, in a ruling made public this week, found his stance to be “incompatible with human dignity.”
> In its ruling, the tribunal panel found that Dr. Mackereth had not been discriminated against or harassed under the Equality Act. Christianity is protected under the act, but the panel found that Dr. Mackereth’s specific beliefs were not.

> It ruled that “belief in Genesis 1:27, lack of belief in transgenderism and conscientious objection to transgenderism in our judgment are incompatible with human dignity and conflict with the fundamental rights of others, specifically here, transgender individuals.”
(it's possible I stole this story from @Robotnik, but he's never in here anyways, so he'll never know!)
Stormblessed
Stormblessed
@Wipqozn oh that’s great!
@Wipqozn what is this about?
Wipqozn
Wipqozn
@Stormblessed It'll be a mystery forever.
 
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Stormblessed
Stormblessed
01:19
@Wipqozn I’ve confusion :o
 
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Stormblessed
Stormblessed
04:34
Damn, iTunes doesn't have much of the Colbert Report for sale :-(
Robotnik
Robotnik
04:49
@Wipqozn I lurk here more than I post. The room moves too fast for me (which isn't that high a bar honestly). Especially recently.
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
05:47
@Wipqozn this whole drama reminds me of the moderator election question "How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?"
 
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Wipqozn
Wipqozn
11:01
@GodEmperorDune Very astute
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
12:00
[CW, jfc] Four homeless men beaten to death with a metal object in NYC's Chinatown
Wipqozn
Wipqozn
60 Amazon Workers Walked Out Over Warehouse Working Conditions
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
12:15
Important baby koala news
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user15026
@TimStone oh my gooooooosh look at itttttttt
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
It's so cute!
 
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Wipqozn
Wipqozn
14:58
Police cannot arrest lawful protesters, even to prevent violence by others, Canadian Supreme Court rules
> It has wide implications for peaceful protests in Canada. The police, the court said, have no authority under the English common law (a centuries-old body of precedents) to arrest provocative but lawful protesters – even when police fear others may engage in violence.
> “That is a recipe for a police state, not a free and democratic society,” Justice Suzanne Côté wrote in a 7-0 ruling. “It would directly undermine the expectation of all individuals, in the lawful exercise of their liberty, to live their lives free from coercive interference by the state.”

> She stressed that in general, arrests of peaceful protesters when no charges are laid pose a danger to civil liberties because no court would be involved, and therefore no judge would review police actions.
Frank
Frank
@Wipqozn Unanimous. That makes me happy.
 
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Stormblessed
Stormblessed
19:03
Wtf
dude awarded 750K from man who his wife cheated on him with
Wipqozn
Wipqozn
19:23
> "I believe in the sanctity of marriage," he said. "Other families should see what the consequences are to not only breaking the vow to whatever religion you subscribe to, but also your legal responsibilities."
> Mills said the tort began from old English law, when women were viewed as property. In the same way that a man could sue for the theft of a horse, he could sue for the theft of a wife. Now, any spouse can sue regardless of their gender or their partner.
Emphasis mine, because of course that's where the law comes from.

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