We Protested Outside Ark Encounter On Its First Anniversary
We Protested Outside Ark Encounter On Its First Anniversary
July 9, 2017 by Hemant Mehta
I spent yesterday afternoon in Williamstown, Kentucky, where a group of about 75 science supporters (including a handful of religious people) were protesting outside Ark Encounter on its first anniversary.
The point wasnt to shut down the attraction or bother the families visiting the Ark on a Saturday in the summer. It was to remind the community that Ark Encounter had taken advantage of them with tax breaks galore and without the jobs for everybody that they initially promised and that the story it offered was about as far from science as anyone could get.
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Many thanks to the Tri-State Freethinkers for organizing the wonderful event. I loved seeing their Adopt-a-Highway sign just outside the Ark:
Now thats clever marketing and, unlike the Ark, its actually helping the community.
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