talk about entitiled assholes

[cali]

The developer of a Noah’s Ark-based theme park in Kentucky said on Wednesday he would fight for his religious rights after state officials warned he could lose millions in potential tax credits if he hires only people who believe in the biblical flood.

Ark Encounter, which is slated to open in 2016 in Williamston, Kentucky, is not hiring anyone yet, but its parent company Answers in Genesis asks employees to sign a faith statement including a belief in creationism and the flood.

State officials and Ark Encounter lawyers have exchanged letters in which the state threatened not to proceed with tax incentives for the park if there was discriminatory hiring practices, a state official confirmed on Wednesday.

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Zovath, who is also co-founder of Answers in Genesis, said that if tax incentives for the project are withdrawn because it does not give written assurances the state now seeks, it would violate the organization’s First Amendment and state constitutional rights.

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Zovath said the state has added a requirement about hiring practices that is not part of the existing tourism tax credits law.

But a state official said on Wednesday that everybody knows laws regarding hiring practices and that the states doesn’t need to elaborate them for companies seeking incentives.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/kentucky-warns-noahs-ark-based-amusement-park-over-hiring-practices/

[gopiscrap]

1. There shouldn't be any state money going to a religious enterprise ever!

[packman]

2. What did they expect?

Gave a wackadoodle tax money for a zany park and then NOT to expect he would act like a religious nut? Hell, he fully probably thought God was on his side from the beginning what with the free money, land, park idea and other shit - so why not have his own hiring practices?

[Archae]

3. Just look at the track record.

The "creation museum" is actually starting to lose money, even after they put in attractions on the side like a zip line.

The "creationist park" in Florida is closed and decaying.

Jim Bakker's former theme park is also.

[Fred Sanders]

5. Yes, but the owners made out like Christian bandits, and lots and lots of kickbacks to politicians.

Praise the Lord and pass the corruption.

[Le Taz Hot]

4. Why the hell is this guy getting tax credits in the first place?