Failed is quite the reach pal. Still waiting on a text/call from him after I got shipped off like a piece of garbage. Can’t wait to see you twice a year, Coach.
A transgender professor at OU, a taxpayer-funded university, gave Samantha Fulnecky a 0/25 not for bad writing, but because her biblical view of gender “offended” the professor.
At a public university, this raises serious First Amendment concerns and looks a lot like unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination by a state actor.
The assignment invited a personal reaction. It did not forbid religious reasoning. Samantha followed the prompt. The professor’s own comments show the grade turned on her beliefs being “offensive,” not on whether her paper met basic academic standards.
If a conservative professor gave a Muslim or transgender student a zero for expressing their convictions, the university would treat it as a civil-rights crisis. The standard must be the same when the student is a Christian.
Public universities cannot punish protected speech or religious expression simply because a professor dislikes the viewpoint.
@UofOklahoma needs to respond like a serious institution:
- Review and correct Samantha’s grade based on neutral academic criteria.
- Reaffirm that she will not be penalized for sincerely held religious or moral beliefs.
- Ensure professors cannot override assignment guidelines to punish dissent.
…Or expect accountability.
Students do not lose their rights because a professor is offended.
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