A University of Oklahoma student who received a failing grade for her essay about gender and societal expectations filed a complaint with the university, charging discrimination over her religious beliefs.

Meanwhile, the graduate instructor who assigned and graded the paper has been put on leave, the Oklahoma governor is weighing in, and the incident has ignited a conversation about whether it’s appropriate to cite the Bible as a source in academic papers.

The story was first reported by the University of Oklahoma chapter of Turning Point USA in an X thread posted on Thanksgiving.

According to the thread, “Samantha Fulnecky was asked to write a 650-word essay reacting to an article about how people are perceived based on societal expectations of gender. In her essay, Fulnecky argued tha

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