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\n A doctor who refused to use transgender pronouns as people’s chosen sex as it went against his Christian faith has lost his tribunal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Disability assessor Dr David Mackereth, from Dudley, West Midlands, claimed the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) breached his right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But a panel ruled his biblical view of what it is to be male and female was “incompatible with human dignity.” . . . [Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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