Despite Oral Roberts University in Tulsa Oklahoma not being Andrew Hartzler’s first choice to further his education, it was the only one his father was willing to pay for. Hartzler’s father had raised him in a conservative Christian environment, in which most aspects of his life homosexuality was taught to be a sin. After nearly facing expulsion for having his boyfriend in his dorm room, Hartzler has joined a lawsuit against the Department of Education, requesting they strike down on the religious exemption that allows this kind of discrimination.