HARRISBURG, Pa. — The director of the Pennsylvania chapter of American Atheists says he will desecrate the Quran if the state House of Representatives doesn’t drop a “Year of Religious Diversity” resolution.

Ernest Perce, of Harrisburg, Pa., said he plans to flog the Quran in the state Capitol Rotunda on Sept. 24 should the House not agree to nullify the resolution before it reconvenes from summer recess that day.