Dr David Mackereth is a doctor who loves his patients and has worked in the NHS for 26 years. Yet, when working for the DWP he was asked if he would hypothetically call a six foot bearded man ‘madam’. He replied that he could not, based on his Christian beliefs. Now, an Employment Tribunal has ruled that his belief in Genesis 1:27 is “incompatible with human dignity”.
Andrea Williams, Chief Executive of Christian Concern, explains the implications of this ruling, showing how it affects our freedom to speak about the true beauty of being made in the image of God:
