The story of an Irish teacher being jailed for refusing to comply with a request from his school to refer to a girl using the pronoun ‘they’ and use that person’s new name has received global attention.  

Although the story is not so straightforward as presented by both his supporters and detractors, the substantive issue of whose belief systems are to take precedence is getting lost in the conversation. Ultimately, this is what it is. A clash of conscience and belief.  

Enoch Burke comes from a well-known conservative, Evangelical Christian family in the west of Ireland. He has nine brothers and sisters, and many of them are not afraid to stand up very publicly in defence of their beliefs. There is even a Wikipedia page dedicated to them.