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This victory affirms religious freedom and rejects leftist indoctrination in academia, where conservative Christian views on biological reality are often suppressed under the guise of &#8220;inclusivity.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case exposes how radical gender ideologies infiltrate education, harming youth and straying from God&#8217;s design for humanity. Fulnecky, a 20-year-old junior, submitted a 650-word response to a study on gender norms, arguing that society&#8217;s promotion of gender fluidity is satanic and leads America away from divine order. Curth slapped her with a zero, claiming the paper ignored evidence and relied on &#8220;personal ideology,&#8221; despite denying belief-based deductions\u2014a clear sign of bias against traditional values. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Fulnecky&#8217;s appeal, OU investigated and voided the assignment\u2014worth just 3% of the grade\u2014while placing Curth on leave. Governor Kevin Stitt called it &#8220;deeply concerning,&#8221; aligning with Oklahoma&#8217;s new law banning public funds for DEI programs that erode academic freedom for faith-based perspectives. The university stressed teaching &#8220;how to think, not what to think,&#8221; a principle long overdue in countering progressive overreach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Oklahoma has stripped graduate teaching assistant Mel Curth of her instructional duties after she arbitrarily failed student Samantha Fulnecky for a psychology essay citing the Bible to denounce the push for transgender ideology. 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