Here is probably what is set up to be the 'money' quote, since you can't load it:
The court’s ruling stated: “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.” The court added. “… in so far as those beliefs form part of his wider faith, his wider faith also does not satisfy the requirement of being worthy of respect in a democratic society, not incompatible with human dignity and not in conflict with the fundamental rights of others.”
I...I just don't know what to say to that that wouldn't be construed as incredibly mean to people who probably don't need any more of that in their lives, so I'll follow my mother's advice from when I was a child and say nothing at all. In fact, that might've been a good rule for the defendant in this case when his boss apparently asked him for his personal opinion regarding transgenderism and what he would do in a hypothetical situation that he apparently hadn't even faced on the job:
Mackereth told the court in July that his line manager had asked him, “If you have a man six foot tall with a beard who says he wants to be addressed as ‘she’ and ‘Mrs’ would you do that?” Mackereth said that because of his religious beliefs, he could not, and his job was subsequently terminated.
(Then again, there's also the very real question in a situation like this of how much you really want to work for an employer who bases your employment on your answer to hypothetical questions concerning your religion. Thank God such questioning is illegal in the United States. I dunno about you guys, but I'm really beginning to come around on this whole "American Revolution" thing...I think it was probably a good thing to do, in the long run.
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