University of Oklahoma Boots Woke TA After She Zeros Christian Student for Daring to Cite the Bible

Samantha Fulnecky reads her Bible

Folks, another day, another episode in the ongoing war on Christianity in America's so-called "higher education" system. This time, it's the University of Oklahoma, where a graduate teaching assistant got the boot after slapping a big fat zero on a student's paper, just because the student quoted Scripture while pushing back on the radical gender nonsense being shoved down everyone's throats.

Samantha Fulnecky, a junior at OU, got hammered with a zero out of 25 on an assignment about gender norms. The young lady had the audacity to reference the Bible in her response to some scholarly article on how kids get bullied for not conforming to the latest leftist gender theories. So the result of her essay came full circle and she got bullied by the Teacher's ASSistant.

The TA in question, William "Mel" Curth, who goes by she/they pronouns, couldn't handle it. Curth doled out the failing grade, complete with a lecture on how science supposedly proves there are more than two genders.

"Please note that I am not deducting points because you have certain beliefs, but instead I am deducting point [sic] for you posting a reaction paper that does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive," Curth's explanation for the grade said. 

Curth said the concept of only two sexes is not backed by science, which anyone with even a brain knows is balderdash.

"You may personally disagree with this, but that doesn't change the fact that every major psychological, medical, pediatric, and psychiatric association in the United States acknowledges that, biologically and psychologically, sex and gender is neither binary nor fixed," Curth bloviated. The graduate teaching assistant also called the student's essay "highly offensive." 

Fulnecky wasn't buying the excuse and saw right through it.

"I definitely think that I was being punished for what I believe because I very clearly stated in my essay in my response to the article, I very clearly stated my beliefs and stated what, not just my beliefs, but what the Bible and what God says about gender and about those roles," Fulnecky told Fox News Digital amid the uproar.

In her essay, Fulnecky laid it out plain and simple, celebrating God's design for men and women instead of apologizing for it.

"Gender roles and tendencies should not be considered 'stereotypes,'" she wrote in her essay. "Women naturally want to do womanly things because God created us with those womanly desires in our hearts. The same goes for men. God created men in the image of His courage and strength, and He created women in the image of His beauty. He intentionally created women differently than men and we should live our lives with that in mind." She even called the push for nonbinary insanity what it is: "demonic." [I would call it nihilistic.]

After the story blew up, thanks to conservative outrage and viral posts, the university investigated. Curth got put on leave, and now, finally, OU has shown her the door.

"Based on an examination of the graduate teaching assistant's prior grading standards and patterns, as well as the graduate teaching assistant's own statements related to this matter, it was determined that the graduate teaching assistant was arbitrary in the grading of this specific paper," the state's flagship school said in a Monday evening statement. "The graduate teaching assistant will no longer have instructional duties at the University." 

They are gone, she is.

They even restored Fulnecky's grade [not to be confused with the 'they' whose pronouns actually do confuse normal people] and made sure the assignment didn't tank her GPA. 

The university patted itself on the back in the end: "The University of Oklahoma believes strongly in both its faculty's rights to teach with academic freedom and integrity and its students' right to receive an education that is free from a lecturer's impermissible evaluative standards. We are committed to teaching students how to think, not what to think. The University will continue to review best practices to ensure that its instructors have the comprehensive training necessary to objectively assess their students' work without limiting their ability to teach, inspire, and elevate our next generation."

Look, this is a win for religious liberty and free speech on campus, a rare one these days. But it shouldn't have taken a massive public backlash for OU to do the right thing. How many more Christian students are getting targeted by activist TAs pushing this gender cult agenda without anyone noticing?

Kudos to Samantha Fulnecky for standing firm. In a sea of woke indoctrination, she's a reminder that not everyone's buying the lies.

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University of Oklahoma removes professor for alleged discrimination related to TA who gave Christian student Zero

Nothing says "higher education" quite like a university tripping over itself to prove that tolerance is a one-way street, especially when it involves pronouns, protests, and a healthy dose of biblical truth-telling.

The University of Oklahoma is having a rough go of it lately, and it's the kind of mess that makes you wonder if the admins are secretly auditioning for a reality show called "Woke Campus Meltdowns."

It all kicked off when teaching assistant William "Mel" Curth, a dude, who, naturally, uses she/they pronouns, decided to grade a zero on junior Samantha Fulnecky's essay in a lifespan development class. The assignment was to read a scholarly paper on gender norms among middle schoolers and write a response.

Fulnecky, being a Christian and whose pronouns didn't insult the English language, responded by supporting those norms and quoting the Bible. She argued that God made men and women, and that gender norms aren't just "stereotypes." Her essay included gems like: "Society [is] pushing the lie that there are multiple genders and everyone should be whatever they want to be is demonic and severely harms American youth," the essay said. "I do not want kids to be teased or bullied in school. However, pushing the lie that everyone has their own truth and everyone can do whatever they want and be whoever they want is not biblical whatsoever."

Curth wasn't having it. Zero out of 25. He--oops, I mean she, insisted the paper lacked empirical evidence (even though that wasn't in the rubric) and lectured: "Please note that I am not deducting points because you have certain beliefs, but instead I am deducting point [sic] for you posting a reaction paper that does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive," Curth's offensive response said.

"You may personally disagree with this, but that doesn't change the fact that every major psychological, medical, pediatric, and psychiatric association in the United States acknowledges that, biologically and psychologically, sex and gender is neither binary nor fixed," Mr. Curth continued.

"I was asked to read an article and give my opinion on the article, and the article was about gender binary and mental health and gender stereotypes, specifically in children, because it's a lifespan development class," Fulnecky, who was shocked by the zero grade, told Fox News Digital. "So I was asked to give my opinion and my reaction to the paper."

"So I did this assignment the same as I would any other in that class, gave my opinion on gender binary and gender stereotypes and that, naturally my views are from the Bible and my Christian kind of worldview," she said. "And so that's what I wrote about and I didn't think anything of it."

Curth got yanked from the classroom and put on administrative leave. But the fun didn't stop there.

Fast-forward to a protest demanding Curth's reinstatement. An assistant teaching professor, identified as Kelli Alvarez, offered excused absences to students who wanted to join the pro-Curth protest.

Turning Point USA chapter president Kalib Magana asked for the same deal to counter-protest. Nope. Alvarez reportedly said no unless he could rustle up a "documented group [of counter-protesters]."

Turning Point obviously wasn't thrilled: "Kalib should not be marked absent for showing up as a counter-protester while those in favor are excused. That is discriminatory," the Turning Point post said. "The professor expected Kalib to organize an entire counter-protest with people confirming they would attend, instead of allowing him to show up on his own like everyone else. His freedom of speech and his ability to receive an excused absence were made dependent on others agreeing to participate in his counter-protest and share his beliefs. This is incredibly anti-free speech and discriminatory toward an opposing viewpoint."

The university swung into action faster than you can say "viewpoint discrimination." In a Friday evening social media statement: "On Wednesday, a lecturer allegedly demonstrated viewpoint discrimination by excusing students who intended to miss class to attend a protest on campus, but not extending the same benefit to students who intended to miss class to express a counter-viewpoint," the University of Oklahoma said in a statement posted on social media.

A director jumped in, emailing students that the lecturer's actions were "inappropriate and wrong," and that classrooms are for teaching how to think, not what to think. 

"The Director further stated that any student, regardless of viewpoint, would be excused if absent from class today to attend the protest without penalty, and that the lecturer had been replaced, effective immediately, for the remainder of the semester," the school said, adding that it unequivocally supports the director's decision to remove the so called professor.

Alvarez got replaced and slapped on administrative leave pending investigation. The university wrapped it up with:

"Classroom instructors have a special obligation to ensure that the classroom is never used to grant preferential treatment based on personal political beliefs, nor to pressure students to adopt particular political or ideological views," the school's statement finished.

Look, folks, this is peak academia in 2025: Grade a Christian student's biblical take harshly? You're out. Excuse absences only for the "right" kind of protest? You're really out. The University of Oklahoma just delivered a master class in how quickly things flip when the bias gets too obvious even for the ivory tower.

Curth is still on leave. Alvarez didn't respond to comments. And somewhere, common sense is quietly cheering from the sidelines.

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Convicted murderer executed for 1996 rape/murder of U. of OK ballerina

Sanchez on his way for his shot

Anthony Sanchez raped and murdered University of Oklahoma ballerina Juli Busken in 1996. He was caught by authorities ten years later after the dancer's death. He had been serving time for a burglary conviction when his DNA from his semen found on Busken's clothing was a match.

Sanchez decided earlier this year not to put forward a final plea for his miserable life.

He was executed Thursday morning and pronounced dead at 10:19 a.m. local time. He received a three-drug injection cocktail at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

The now very dead Sanchez had been convicted of raping and murdering Juli Busken, who was 21-years-old. She was an Arkansas native who had completed her last semester of school when she was abducted on December 20, 1996 from the parking lot of her apartment complex. 

Her body was found near a lake in far southeast Oklahoma City that same evening. 

Juli had been bound, raped and shot in the head.

Juli Busken

Juli had performed as a ballerina several times during her time at OU and was memorialized at the campus with a dance scholarship in her name at the College of Fine Arts.

Sanchez claimed his innocence and claimed the DNA was "fabricated." [H/T Associated Press]

Sanchez told AP he declined to ask for clemency because even when the five-member Pardon and Parole Board takes the rare step of recommending it, Gov. Kevin Stitt has been unlikely to grant it.

“I’ve sat in my cell and I’ve watched inmate after inmate after inmate get clemency and get denied clemency,” Sanchez said. “Either way, it doesn’t go well for the inmates.”

Yeah, the poor inmates are the victims here.

Despite the existence of some questions over legitimacy, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond insisted the DNA evidence uncovered in 2006, which saw Sanchez put on death row, unequivocally linked him with Busken's killing.

“There is no conceivable doubt that Anthony Sanchez is a brutal rapist and murderer who is deserving of the state’s harshest punishment," Drummond said in a recent statement.

And karma came to visit.

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