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Florida state representative Ritch Workman, R-Melbourne, filed a bill last week to bring back "dwarf tossing," a bar game in which patrons compete to throw people with dwarfism as far as they can.

Florida outlawed dwarf tossing in 1989, after critics argued it was dehumanizing and physically harmful for the people who were thrown, the Palm Beach Post reports. Now, bars that hold dwarf-tossing events risk fines of $1,000 and having their liquor licenses revoked.

Introducing his legislation - the Palm Beach Post has dubbed it “a Leave No Tossed Dwarf Behind bill” – Workman argued that the ban on the activity shuts down employment opportunities for people with dwarfism.

"I'm on a quest to seek and destroy unnecessary burdens on the freedom and liberties of people," Workman told the Palm Beach Post. "This is an example of Big Brother government.”

Florida’s unemployment rate was 10.7 percent in August, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

“If this is a job they want and people would pay to see it or participate in it, why in the world would we prohibit it?” Workman remarked to Bloomberg Businessweek. “In my world view, we have the freedom and liberty to do these kinds of things.”