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Creationist's Noah's Ark Theme Park Gets $18 Million Tax Break, Won't Hire Gays, Atheists

Creationist Ken Ham has strict rules on hiring employees, but it won't stop him from taking a large tax break from the citizens of Kentucky, many of whom would be barred employment from the project receiving the tax break. Prospective employees of the "Ark Encounter" theme park, currently under construction, are required to believe and support "the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ as Sovereign, Creator, Redeemer, and Judge," and that the "66 books of the Bible are the written Word of God", whose "authority is not limited to spiritual, religious, or redemptive themes but includes its assertions in such fields as history and science," effectively barring gays, atheists, and believers in evolution from employment.

Moral disparity is something Ham has been accused of before, notably after he accepted a reported donation worth $1 million from the leader of a certified white supremacist hate group. How is accepting tax breaks from hard working atheists and homosexuals acceptable, while employing them is not?

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