the requirement of being worthy of respect in a democratic society so what's the case well dr david margaret as a christian man who worked for the n.h.s. for 26 years now he was subsequently sacked after a conversation with his boss who asked him how would you respond if a 6 foot tall man came into your office and asked to be called mrs or she well dr makary refused and said he would simply not be able to conform to those requests and he was subsequently sacked from his position now the department for work and pensions argues that dr david margaret spheres are in direct breach of the equality act of 2010 on top of all of that the firm that hired them and is also being sued for religious beliefs but the fact remains that the tribunals did rule of course that his beliefs could cause offense and in fact many people in the trans community and trans activists say that all of this has psychological ram of ramifications is tantamount to abuse not to mention of course that medical health care professionals should be treating people and not judging people in their opinion well anyway dr david graham

the requirement of being worthy of respect in a democratic society so what's the case well dr david margaret as a christian man who worked for the n.h.s. for 26 years now he was subsequently sacked after a conversation with his boss who asked him how would you respond if a 6 foot tall man came into your office and asked to be called mrs or she well dr makris refused and said he would simply not be able to conform to those requests and he was subsequently sacked from his position now he was completely shocked as to how the story unfolded because he himself believes a person's chosen sex is simply an abstract ideological pledge staff in the n.h.s. even those who don't share my christian convictions or also disturbed as they see their own freedom of thought and speech being undermined by the judge's ruling my 30 years as a doctor or. now considered irrelevant compared to the risk that someone else might be offended now the department for work and pensions argues that dr david margaret spears are in direct breach of the equality act of 2010 on top of all of the firms that hired them and is also

a 6 foot tall bearded man came into his office and demanded to be called mrs and she well dr david margaret therefore then refused to do so and was subsequently sacked from his was dismissed from his contract job now in his opinion he was totally shocked by all of this because he believes that someone's personal chosen sex is actually just an abstract ideological play which. staff in the n.h.s. even those who don't share my christian convictions or also disturbed as they see their own freedom of thought and speech being undermined by the judge's ruling my 30 years as a doctor are now considered irrelevant compared to the risk that someone else might be offended. now the department for work and pensions argues that dr david mack great spirits are in direct breach of the equality act of 2010 on top of all of that the firm that hired them and is also being sued for religious beliefs but unsurprisingly the christian legal center is supporting dr david. shadi what other kind of reaction have we been seeing to this case. well in fact many people online have taken to twitter arguing that this is p

and i think we'll see it's going to be a big element in tonight's debate. >> margaret, david, thank you very much for helping us preview that as well as all of the impeachment news. thank you. >>> just hours from now 12 democratic presidential candidates will hit the debate stage right here on cnn. after losing ohio in 2016, can democrats flip that state back to blue in 2020? cnn's jeff zeleny is live in the debate hall in westerville, ohio, what's the answer, jeff? >> reporter: ohio has been the mother of all battlegrounds, at least for more than a half century. john f. kennedy was the last democrat to win the white house without winning ohio. but some democrats after hillary clinton's defeat in 2016 are wondering if this state is still winnable. the answer may lie in the suburbs right here around westerville. >> thank you, ohio. we love you, ohio. >> and ohio loved president trump back. his 2016 victory is so convincing it begs the question of whether ohio has lost its lore as a pivotal battleground. this week as democratic presidential candidates descend on the state for their next d