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A volleyball coach says he was pressured to resign from Christian high school because he is gay and was grilled about how it is a 'danger' to the children.
Inoke Tonga, who worked at Valor Christian High School in Denver, Colorado, wrote in an Instagram post on Sunday that he was forced to resign from his job due to his sexuality.
He said that the school's pastor and athletic director told him if he didn't 'denounce being gay' he would lose his job, according to Fox News.
Inoke Tonga, a volleyball coach says he was pressured to resign from Christian high school because he is gay and was grilled about how it is a 'danger' to the children
In the social media post, he wrote: 'I sat in the room being grilled about how being gay is a "danger" to the school and to the kids.
'That with me "identifying as a gay man, they can't put the kids at risk by having me in front of them".'
Tonga, who is a Christian, added: 'They even went as far as telling me "parents pay