Originally a comment by maddog on The tribunal will use preferred pronouns.
Witnesses are under oath to tell the truth. The truth requires the use of truthful language, including language that correctly and truthfully signifies the actual (truthful) sex of the person being referred to.
Lawyers are officers of the court, and they are duty bound to be truthful and honest before the court/tribunal.
A court/tribunal is a forum for determining the truth. The court/tribunal must remain impartial in its fact-finding function.
How can telling the truth be “inappropriate”? What’s inappropriate is the court/tribunal putting its thumb on the scale in favor of one party over another; it’s particularly inapprpriate to put its thumb on the scale in favor of known falsehood.
Here, the tribunal is dishonest, and is influencing others to be dishonest. The whole thing stinks.
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