Stepping on "Jesus"

Stanley Fish wrote an article about a 

"student at Florida Atlantic University who complained when his instructor asked members of the class to write the name “Jesus” on a piece of paper and then step on it."

He writes that the instructor

"took the exercise from teaches at a Catholic college and explains that the purpose of the exercise is to get students to think about the power of cultural symbols. Most students, he reported, “hesitate” to step on the paper, and many decline. (No one is forced to participate.) “In fact,” he adds, “the point is knowing that they won’t do it. I accept that and then ask them ‘Why won’t you do this?’ Then they reaffirm their faith.”"

More here:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/stepping-on-jesus/