Florida atheist uses state’s new book-banning law to object to the Bible

A new law in Florida makes it easier for parents, residents and others to object to books and other materials in school and seek to have them removed. That inspired an atheist in the Sunshine State to send letters to 63 school districts requesting the removal of the Bible.

Chaz Stevens, a self-described “stunt activist,” is objecting to the book’s depictions of rape, cannibalism, bestiality and more.

“Is this the message we want to teach our children? If you rape a woman, the father has to give you 50 silver pieces?” he asked in one of the letters cited by Patch Miami.

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