Transgenderism's denial of biology started with same-sex marriage
Another month, another illiberal ruling from a scientifically illiterate judge declaring that belief in biology is "not worthy of respect in a democratic society".
The case of Maya Forstater, sacked for questioning on social media the government's proposals for gender self-identification, follows the case in October of Dr David Mackereth, who lost his government consulting job because he declined to say he would use pronouns at odds with a person's biological sex.
In both cases, the defence was made on the basis of protections for beliefs under the Equality Act, and in both cases the tribunal judge ruled that a belief in biology (and, in Mackereth's case, the Bible) was not protected and, being apparently offensive, was not compatible with human dignity – one of the grounds under the European Convention on Human Rights that speech may be curtailed....
