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Say homosexuality is sinful on Facebook - get thrown off university campus

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NOT FIT TO BE A SOCIAL WORKER IF YOU THINK HOMOSEXUALITY IS SINFUL - LGBT AGENDA Devout Christian, 40, who was thrown off a university social work course after he posted 'homosexuality is a sin' on Facebook to argue in the High Court that the ruling puts doctors and teachers at risk of disqualification. Felix Ngole, 40, a devout Christian, posted 'homosexuality is a sin' on Facebook He was kicked off his two-year Sheffield University social work course. A court ruled the decision did not infringe his human right to freedom of speech. During a request to appeal Mr. Ngole will argue other professionals' are at risk. The human right to free speech could be at risk if a ruling against a devout Christian kicked off his university course for 'anti-gay' comments is not overturned, the former student will argue in the High Court next week. Felix Ngole, a devout Christian from Barnsley, Yorkshire, was forced to leave his two-year social work masters at Sheffield

University student dismissed for expressing Biblical view on homosexuality

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A recent UK court decision upheld the decision of University authorities to remove a student, Felix Ngole, from a post-graduate Social Work course, because of views he had expressed in a public social media forum about the Bible’s view on homosexuality. In my opinion the decision is a shocking breach of principles governing both religious freedom and freedom of speech, and should be over-turned as soon as possible. For Australian readers, it is also a salutary reminder that when the law on marriage changes, it becomes harder to protect religious and other freedoms. The decision,  Ngole, R (On the Application Of) v University of Sheffield  [2017] EWHC 2669 (Admin) (27 October 2017), was an application for judicial review of an administrative decision made by the Appeals Committee of the University of Sheffield Senate, on appeal from a disciplinary decision (made by a “Fitness to Practice” committee in the Department of Sociological Studies) to in effect expel Mr Ngole from hi