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GungnirSniper [landoverbaptist.org] writes:

From the overly-devotional department.

Australian-born young-Earth-creationist Ken Ham has lead the fundamentalist Christian Answers in Genesis organization [wikipedia.org] in opening the Creation Museum [wikipedia.org] in 2007 and now the Ark Encounter [wikipedia.org], a 100 million dollar theme park complete with a 155.5 meter long "recreation" of Noah's Ark. The attraction includes baby dinosaurs in pens [nbcnews.com] among its exhibits as well as a Tower of Babel. The organization had been inadvertently helped by Bill Nye's debate with Ken Ham, which led him to say he was "heartbroken and sickened for the Commonwealth of Kentucky." [usnews.com]

Church and State separatists were ideologically opposed to the tax breaks offered, including millions in state tax incentives and the sale of $62 million in junk bonds. Ken Ham's group won a federal ruling that they could hire Christians only. [foxnews.com]

"We are a religious group and we make no apology about that, and (federal law) allows us that," Ham said. "We're requiring them to be Christians, that's the bottom line."

The Daily Mail also has photos of the ark being constructed [dailymail.co.uk].

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