Marcel de Graaff🇳🇱✝️

Burgemeester Onno Hoes zei vanavond in Tilburg dat in een gebouw alleen religieuze bijeenkomsten gehouden mogen worden als in het bestemmingsplan specifiek staat dat dat toegestaan is. (Aldus het ND.) Beste mensen, trap er niet in. Zo begint in de hele wereld christenvervolging. ‘We hebben niks tegen christenen, ze moeten zich alleen aan de regels houden. En ja, dat ze daar niet in passen, dat is dan jammer.’ Hoes is begonnen: als eerste Nederlandse burgemeester ooit een kerkdienst binnen laten vallen om hem te stoppen. De Nederlandse grondwet garandeert dat als een gebouw gebruikt mag worden voor vergaderingen, lezingen of culturele bijeenkomsten, dat ook mag voor religieuze bijeenkomsten. Want die hebben een nog veel sterkere grondwettelijke bescherming. Onno Hoes is nog tot 21 januari burgemeester. Nog net tijd genoeg om hem met pek en veren de stad uit te jagen. En geef hem als afscheidscadeau een cursus grondwet lezen.

Mary McAleese, a former president of Ireland, has drawn backlash after writing an article in The Irish Times criticising Catholic infant baptism as a “recruitment tool” that she claims denies babies their fundamental rights. Critics have pointed to what they see as a stark irony in her position, noting her support for abortion in a country where unborn babies are legally killed in the womb.

Laura Aboli

BREAKING: Enoch Burke seeks injunction over "shambolic" dismissal appeal hearing Teacher Enoch Burke was dismissed from his teaching position at Wilson's Hospital School after his refusal to use a new name and the "they" pronoun for a student. The hearing of Enoch Burke’s appeal on the 13th of December 2025 was shambolic and devoid of justice. The Chair of the Disciplinary Appeal Panel, Mr Seán O'Longáin, allowed no proper cross-examination. Little to no questions were asked by members of the appeal panel. The hearing was abruptly terminated while Enoch Burke was attempting to question former Principal Niamh McShane. The parties were told that the hearing was over and the result would be delivered in due course. One member of the Disciplinary Appeal Panel (DAP), Geraldine O’Brien, stated at the outset of the hearing: “If I were instructed by my principal to call a child whatever, I have to implement that instruction, I don’t make the instruction”. Ms O’Brien repeatedly refused to distance herself from the position of her organisation, the ASTI teachers union, which in 2022 stated “…certainly we would advise schools to use the pronoun that a child wishes to be used.” It also came to light during the hearing the DAP had privately sought extra documentation from the Board. In response, the Board had provided a new document, never seen before by Enoch Burke, which provided a new rationale for his purported dismissal. After serious objections from Enoch Burke, orally and in writing, the DAP admitted just last week that no reliance could be placed on this document. Last Friday, in a one-line letter to Mr Burke, the DAP stated that they were going to "reconvene" the hearing. This is merely an attempt to whitewash after grave concerns were raised by Enoch Burke. This Thursday 8th of January, in the High Court, Enoch Burke will seek an injunction halting delivery of the dismissal appeal result. He is entitled to a fair and unbiased hearing of his appeal. A new disciplinary appeal panel must be constituted.

Tjsa Wierd, als het internationale recht je koud laat, redeneer je zo. Dat door het recht van de sterkste brute mondiale instabiliteit ontstaan interesseert je kennelijk niet. Dus vind je het ook prima als Poetin de Baltische Staten aanvalt.