The Interior Department is facing a lawsuit from a Christian geologist who claims he was not allowed to collect rocks from Grand Canyon National Park because of his creationist beliefs.
In the suit filed earlier this month, the Australian geologist, Andrew Snelling, says that religious discrimination was behind the National Park Service's (NRS's) decision to deny him a permit to gather samples from four locations in the park.
Snelling had hoped to gather the rocks to support the creationist belief that a global flood about 4,300 years ago was responsible for rock layers and fossil deposits around the world.
NPS's actions "demonstrate animus towards the religious viewpoints of Dr. Snelling," the complaint alleges, "and violate Dr. Snelling's free exercise rights by imposing inappropriate and unnecessary religious tests to his access to the park."
The lawsuit was filed May 9 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. NPS has yet to respond to the allegations.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday May 29 2017, @12:31AM (1 child)
In my father and mother's immediate families, there were 7 siblings in total who all married, of which most (four) have married and never experienced divorce. Their children tend to stick together as well. So I guess, what I'm saying here is that I have more than a dozen such "virtuous people" fairly closely related to me who have stayed married for life. It seems a cultural thing, but there's a lot of people out there who've managed to stay the course and stay life partners. I'm not going to claim that this actually is virtuous or that everyone should do it. To the contrary, I think there are a lot of people who for one reason or another aren't suitable for life-long marriage and it would be immoral to try to shoehorn them into this framework.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday May 29 2017, @02:05AM
That's the most sane, reasonable, and dare I say it enlightened thing I've ever heard you say. I'm genuinely impressed.
...who are you and what have you done with the real Mr. Hallow?!
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...