Legal battle | Christian worker sues after being denied job for anti-LGBTQ+ views

Felix Ngole, a Christian social worker, is gearing up to take legal action against Leeds-based business Touchstone Support after being denied a job opportunity due to his staunchly held beliefs against the LGBTQ+ community.

The 46-year-old discovered that Touchstone had withdrawn its job offer, upon discovering his involvement in a landmark legal case over his right to free speech regarding his views on homosexuality.

The case began in 2015 when Mr. Ngole, originally from Cameroon and seeking asylum in Britain, was removed from his social work course at Sheffield University for expressing his views on homosexuality on social media.

However, in 2019, he successfully challenged this decision in court, with the Court of Appeal ruling that his personal beliefs did not equate to discriminatory behaviour.