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posted by LaminatorX on Saturday March 01 2014, @08:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-both-get-dirty-and-the-pig-likes-it dept.

McGruber writes:

"Following up on the Bil Nye and Ken Ham debate on Creationism, Creation Museum founder Ken Ham announced Thursday that a municipal bond offering has raised enough money to begin construction on the Ark Encounter project, estimated to cost about $73 million. Groundbreaking is planned for May and the ark is expected to be finished by the summer of 2016. Ham credits the high-profile evolution debate he had with "Science Guy" Bill Nye on Feb. 4 with boosting support for the project.

After learning that the project would move forward, Nye said he was 'heartbroken and sickened for the Commonwealth of Kentucky,' lamenting that the ark would eventually draw more attention to the beliefs of Ham's Young-earth Creationist ministry. 'Voters and taxpayers in Kentucky will eventually see that this is not in their best interest.' Nye hopes."

 
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  • (Score: 1) by M. Baranczak on Saturday March 01 2014, @06:08PM

    by M. Baranczak (1673) on Saturday March 01 2014, @06:08PM (#9180)

    If Crazy Hamm got a Muni Bond to build his ark, then I figure someone else should be able to (at least) petition a bond to build the Temple of Pasta or recreate some ancient story object.

    That's basically what they're doing now in Oklahoma City. The yahoos in the state legislature put the Ten Commandments in front of the state house. So now there are other groups that want to put up statues of Hanuman, Satan, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster, among others.