Christian student expelled for biblical belief on traditional marriage

A Christian student in Britain who voiced his opposition to same-sex marriage on his Facebook page has been expelled from university.
Felix Ngole was a student of social work at the University of Sheffield when he wrote on Facebook of his support for Kim Davies, the US clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licences for same-sex couple. In the course of his online post, Ngole quoted Leviticus on homosexuality and marriage. The resulting post was not visible to an open audience, but was confined to a closed circle.
However, when his post was brought to the attention of faculty staff at Sheffield, it was ruled by a subsequent fitness to practice committee that the message might cause offence and might affect Ngole’s future work as a social worker and directed that he be “excluded from further study”. The university has now acted on this and removed Ngole.
The support group for Christians, the Christian Legal Centre has now stepped in to assist Ngole following his declared intention “to challenge the decision because of its wider consequences and the huge issues of freedom of religion and freedom of expression that it raises”. He added that the finding against him amounted to “secret policing of Christian belief”.
“My beliefs about marriage and sexual ethics reflect mainstream, biblical understanding, shared by millions around the world. Simply expressing that understanding, in a personal capacity, on my Facebook page, cannot be allowed to become a bar to serving and helping others in a professional capacity as a social worker,” he said.
“If the personal statements of students on their own social media pages, and amongst their own ‘friends’ are now to be used to judge whether they are ‘fit and proper people’ to serve in professions such as law, medicine, teaching and social work, then very serious questions need to be asked about the freedoms in the UK.”