Creationist Theme Park To Sue Kentucky For Its Right To Discriminate
The saga that is the construction of Ark Encounter, Kentucky's proposed "creationist theme park," plowed on Tuesday as the project's coordinator vowed to sue the state for discrimination.
Ironically, it was the project's proprietor, Answers in Genesis, refusing to agree to hiring practices that wouldn't discriminate on the basis of religion that led Kentucky tourism officials to yank about $18 million worth of crucial tax incentives for Ark Encounter in December.
Answers in Genesis said in a statement Tuesday that the decision to reject its application for the tax incentives "violates federal and state law and amounts to unlawful viewpoint discrimination."
"Our organization spent many months attempting to reason with state officials so that this lawsuit would not be necessary," Answers in Genesis President Ken Ham said in the statement. "However, the state was so insistent on treating our religious entity as a second-class citizen that we were simply left with no alternative but to proceed to court. This is the latest example of increasing government hostility towards religion in America, and it's certainly among the most blatant."
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So they're actually going to sue for religious discrimination, on the basis they're not permitted to religiously discriminate?
This is like the "libertarian" argument that that the Civil Rights Act infringes on personal freedom. The personal freedom to mistreat other people.
Flawless Inversion of Logic.
