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Posted by: Puli ( )
Date: June 01, 2011 12:32PM
A case of Separation of Church and State?

The State of Kentucky is prepared to invest millions of dollars in the Creation Museum located within the state.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/Religion/post/2011/05/bible-taxes-kentucky-noahs-ark/1?csp=34&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Religion-TopStories+%28News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories%29

"Kentucky taxpayers will help float Noah's Ark"

"The state of Kentucky is about to invest millions in Christian evangelism -- sailing in on a replica of Noah's ark at the Ark Encounter theme park proposed by the folks behind the nearby Creation Museum.

"The CM, backed by Answers in Genesis, starts 'In the beginning..." and the Ark Encounter, breaking ground in August, will pick up the story at Noah's Flood and continue through the rest of the Old Testament.

"Late last month, led by Gov. Steve Beshear (who called it a jobs measure), Baptist Press says,

""The state's Tourism Development Finance Authority unanimously approved tax incentives that will allow Ark Encounter LLC to recover up to 25 percent of its construction costs through sales tax rebates if it meets attendance and sales projections.""

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Posted by: kentish ( )
Date: June 01, 2011 03:01PM
Re: A case of Separation of Church and State?

Even as a christian believer I would find this objectionable if it were to occur in my home state. Government has no business becoming involved in religion, any religion, and religion, specifically the christian religion, needs to learn that christian and America are not different words for the same thing.

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Posted by: Heresy ( )
Date: June 01, 2011 03:07PM
Seems only fair. Governments are forever supporting

all those universities and science and stuff.

Religion is just like science.

/sarcasm off

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Posted by: Otremer ( )
Date: June 01, 2011 03:20PM
The state of Missouri will get an injunction preventing construction.

Everyone knows the Ark was really built in Missouri.

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