Leeds Employment Tribunal has heard a case against an NHS health care provider after it withdrew a job offer from a Christian social worker.
Felix Ngole, 45, had been told by Touchstone Support Leeds bosses that unless he could demonstrate how he would ‘embrace and promote homosexual rights’ at the organisation, the job offer would be rescinded.
The Yorkshireman was also told he would be expected to attend LGB and Transgender awareness training, but would not be free to share his views despite others being free to share theirs.
He was told his beliefs did not ‘align’ with Touchstone’s ethos as an ‘inclusive employer’ and that he posed a risk to the organisation’s reputation.
Free speech victory for Christian social worker student
A Christian has won his appeal at court, after he was thrown off his university course for posting on Facebook that homosexuality is a sin. Felix Ngole, aged 39, was removed from a postgraduate social work course at the University of Sheffield in 2016 after posting the online comment. Judges overtur…
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