University of Oklahoma teaching assistant fired after flunking Christian student files appeal with school

A University of Oklahoma graduate teaching assistant who was fired after flunking a Christian student who cited the Bible in an essay, causing a national uproar, is appealing the school's decision. 

Brittany Stewart, a self-employed and self-described civil rights lawyer, said she is representing William "Mel" Curth, who assessed student Samantha Fulnecky a zero out of 25 on an assignment about gender norms.

"Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional...