Ireland's parliament on Wednesday night passed a hate crimes bill that redefines gender based on transgender ideology.
According to public broadcaster RTE, Ireland's Criminal Justice Bill passed the Dáil Éireann parliament in Dublin on Tuesday by 78 votes to 52, allowing it to be signed. report.
The bill means that for the first time in Irish history, prison terms will be increased for crimes found to involve elements of hate.
under lawthe hate crime element is motivated by a so-called “protected characteristic” such as race, colour, nationality, religion, national or ethnic origin, descent, gender, sexual characteristics, sexual orientation, or disability. is defined as
The bill's champion, Justice Minister Helen McEntee, said: said“We are determined to stamp out hate-motivated crimes and we are determined to protect vulnerable communities,” he added, adding that “some people live in fear simply because they are who they are.” It is unacceptable to live in
Other MPs, including Liberal Leader Herman Kelly, were less enthusiastic about passing the bill. said It was an “unconstitutional act that deviates from the equality of all citizens under the law.”
The bill was significantly watered down last month, with a huge clause criminalizing so-called hate speech being removed from the bill and including prison terms for simply “possessing items likely to incite violence or hatred”. Ta.
Justice Minister McEntee said he had decided to push ahead with the hate crime bill without a hate speech provision because there was no “consensus” among MPs.
But during the passage of the bill on Tuesday, the neo-liberal Fine Gael politician said he “absolutely believes” the fight to implement hate speech regulations will continue in Dublin.
A bill passed Monday could provide some framework for that. The law defines gender based on ideological notions of transgender self-identification.
The bill defines gender as “a person's sex, or the gender a person expresses as their preferred gender, or the gender they identify, including transgender and genders other than male and female.” I am.
Irish schoolteacher Enoch Burke was fired for refusing to use a student's “preferred pronouns” and spent hundreds of days in prison after refusing to comply with a court order banning him from attending school. explained A new definition of gender as “anti-Christian” and warned “If this harmful ideology is passed into law, our nation's youth will become its victims.”
“The Minister of Justice has repeatedly lied to the public about the true meaning of this bill,” Burke added.
