A Florida Atlantic University professor called for their class to stomp on “Jesus” and a student who refused has been suspended.

Ryan Rotela, a devout Mormon, told WPEC-TV that he would not sit in a class where his religious rights were being desecrated.

Professor Deandre J. Poole had told his students to write “Jesus” on a piece of paper and place it on the floor. The class synopsis, obtained by Fox News, said that students would then be told to stomp on the paper and “Jesus” and the reactions of students to the directive would be discussed in the class.

When Rotela complained to Poole’s supervisor who then suspended Rotela from the class.

“As with any academic lesson, the exercise was meant to encourage students to view issues from many perspectives, in direct relation with the course objectives,” Noemi Marin, the university’s director of the school of communication and multimedia studies, told Fox. “While at times the topics discussed may be sensitive, a university environment is a venue for such dialogue and debate.”

Paul Kengor of Grove City College’s Center for Vision and Values says this kind of scenario is common on college campuses.

“I wonder if the instructor would dare do this with the name of Mohammed,” Kengor wondered. “[This] reflects the rising confidence and aggression of the new secularists and atheists, especially at our sick and surreal modern universities.”