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Christian student thrown out of university course - for calling homosexual marriage sinful

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In February 2016, the Social Work student Felix Ngole was subject to a ‘ Fitness to Practise Committee’ hearing at Sheffield University where he was in the second year of his Masters degree . This hearing was brought about due to concerns that he posted comments on his private Facebook account expressing his belief that homosexual behaviour was against the teachings of the bible and that gay marriage was sinful. Now a judge has ruled it was over the top. It means the dad of four can mount a judicial review at the High Court in London . The court could rule that he must be­ reinstated. He said: “The university claims my views are discriminatory but I am the one being discriminated against because of my expression of Christian beliefs .” Commenting on being removed from his course at the time, the father of four is quoted in the Telegraph as having said: “The way I was treated made me feel that their duty of care to me immediately ended from the day they received that com