The chosen chief executive officer of Australian rules football club Essendon, Andrew Thorburn, has resigned after only one day in the job on the basis of his religious belief. 
Thorburn is chairman of City on a Hill church which said on its website that lust, practicing homosexuality and sex outside of marriage are sins according to the bible’s teachings. 
The church also described abortion as murder, saying “life begins at conception” and “the bible says that we were knit together and known by God in the womb.”  
Thorburn’s religious views faced media backlash within hours of his appointment being announced on Tuesday. …