WASHINGTON — A psychology paper by a student at the University of Oklahoma has ignited controversy over the role of religion in schools after conservative groups began a public pushback campaign against the student's grade.

According to the University of Oklahoma chapter of Turning Point USA, the 650-word essay written by Samantha Fulnecky was for an assignment exploring gender roles in society.

The conservative student organization contends that Fulnecky cited the Bible throughout her essay to support claims that eliminating gender would put people "farther from God's original plan for humans."

The essay reportedly received a zero out of 25 from the graduate teaching assistant grading the course's papers. According to Fox News , the teaching assistant wrote that she found Fulnecky

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