Prayers, Parks, and Monuments: Litigation Over Religious Symbols in America

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- by Jason Hines, Esq.

“Ark Encounter” Theme Park Prompts Potential Lawsuit

The group Answers in Genesis, owners and proprietors of the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY are currently working on a new theme park centered around a biblical account of the flood. The Ark Encounter park is currently having problems, with $12.3 million in hand and $12.7 million in committed donations. The total budget for the park, which will include a Tower of Babel and a Ten Plagues ride, is $150 million and it will cost $48 million alone to build the ark. Now the clock is ticking for the group because there are KY tourism tax incentives for the project that are set to expire in May of 2014. The longer it takes to open the park, the less the group can receive in rebates. Under the current plan, the group can receive up to 25% of the cost of the project over ten years. For Answers in Genesis, that could mean a rebate of $37.5 million dollars if applied over the total cost of the park.

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