"perfect! did you see my recent post on Wolf Blitzer interviewing an Atheist?
http://www.atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/yes-wolf-blitzer-asked-the-wrong-person-if-she-thanked-the-lord
totally made my day!"
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Biblical theme park receives 40 million in tax breaks
Kentucky is quickly turning into Disneyworld for Creationists. The state has awarded $40 million in tax incentives (tax breaks) to a proposed "Ark Experience." The project will include a full-sized wooden ark, an aviary, and curiously... a "replica" of the Tower of Babel.
Set to open in 2014, the park will cost approximately $150 million. "Governor Steve Beshear announced his support of the for-profit endeavor early on, announcing that it would bring nearly 900 jobs to the state, including almost 550 full-time jobs." (LINK) Creation Science crank Ken Ham estimates that the park will bring in at least $250 million in the first year of operation alone.
Predictably, there has been considerable backlash to the idea of government support for the project:
READ THE REST ON ATLANTA EXAMINER“The state of Kentucky should not be promoting the spread of fundamentalist Christianity or any other religious viewpoint,” said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United, in a statement.
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Comment by roland707 on May 20, 2011 at 10:45pm -
Last time I was in Orlando, Forida I noticed a 'Visit the Holyland' theme park. WTF? I'm afraid to guess what it is.
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