Christian social worker takes legal action after job withdrawn, told he must 'embrace and promote' LGBT rights
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A Christian social worker from the UK was denied a mental health job with the NHS after the health care agency said his beliefs on homosexuality
Touchstone Support Leeds, the health care organization who recruited the devout Christian and offered him the job at the NHS, withdrew the offer upon the discovery. Touchstone told him that his beliefs did not align with their "ethos and values" of supporting the LGBTQ community. Kristine Parks is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Read more.
"In particular, we can see that you have very strong views against homosexuality and same-sex marriage, which completely go against the views of Touchstone, an organisation committed to actively promoting and supporting LGBTQ+ rights," chief executive Kathryn Hart reportedly said in an email to Ngole.
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