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A Christian student who was expelled from university after posting on Facebook in support of Biblical teaching on marriage and sexual ethics has lost his case in a judicial review of the university’s decision. Felix Ngole was studying for an MA in Social Work at Sheffield University . In 2015 he made comments using his personal Facebook account on the story of the American registrar Kim Davis who was imprisoned after conscientiously refusing to register same-sex marriages . Felix expressed his Christian beliefs on the issue and argued that:  "same sex marriage is a sin whether we like it or not. It is God’s words and man’s sentiments would not change His words".  He was asked where in the Bible it says that same-sex marriage is wrong, and he quoted various passages to demonstrate this. Felix Ngole and wife Sipepelo Nearly two months later, Felix received an email from a university official informing him that his Facebook comments were being investigated. He was ...

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...