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Christian Student Who'd Been Expelled from University of Social Work Program Granted Court Appeal

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Remember Felix Ngole, the Christian who was expelled from a masters of social work academic program at Sheffield University? He had gotten into an online debate on Facebook defending Kim Davis, the elected county clerk from Rowan County, Kentucky, who went to jail on a contempt charge for refusing to allow her office to process any marriage licenses for same-sex couples. Ngole thought that Davis was doing a great thing by refusing to perform her elected responsibilities.

Ngole got into a Facebook debate and the privacy settings on that debate were public enough that people within his social work program saw it and believed that his public beliefs violated the standards and values of professional social workers. He was eventually expelled from the program. He took the program to count and they eventually upheld the university's decision. He appealed that ruling, but it was ultimately denied. He had argued that he wouldn't allow his personal religious beliefs to negatively impact clients (or "service users," as they seem to call them over there).

So Felix Ngole didn't earn his master's degree in social work because he essentially called homosexuality a sin on Facebook, "no matter how you want to dress it up."

However... two weeks ago, Ngole announced on Facebook that he has "been granted permission by The court of Appeal! My case against the University of Sheffield will be heard by the Appeals Court!" I haven't seen anything in the media about this, but I'll keep my eyes out.

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