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* December 2. '''Louisville Courier-Journal'''. Louisville, Kentucky. USA. [http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20101202/OPINION01/312020019 Editorial | Creationist tourism]. Editorial. Opposes Ark Encounter Project.<br />"Gov. Steve Beshear needs a vacation. Indeed, he should have taken it this week."<br />"Other than extreme fatigue, how else can one explain his embrace of a project to build a creationism theme park in Northern Kentucky (near the Creation Museum) and the apparent willingness of his administration to offer tourism-development tax incentives to developers of the park?"<br />"Even if technically legal (in that the law allowing the tax breaks doesn't discriminate against other religious or anti-religious views), a state role in a private facility that would be built by a group called Answers in Genesis and espouses a fundamentalist view resting on biblical inerrancy indirectly promotes a religious dogma. That should never be the role of government."
  
 
* December 2. '''Forbes.com'''. [http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/12/02/business-financial-impact-us-noah-apos-s-ark-park_8176899.html?boxes=Homepagebusinessnews Private investors look to build Noah's Ark in Ky.] by Roger Alford, Associated Press.
 
* December 2. '''Forbes.com'''. [http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/12/02/business-financial-impact-us-noah-apos-s-ark-park_8176899.html?boxes=Homepagebusinessnews Private investors look to build Noah's Ark in Ky.] by Roger Alford, Associated Press.

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National and international news and views about the Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter project.

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2010

December

  • December 2. Louisville Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. USA. Editorial | Creationist tourism. Editorial. Opposes Ark Encounter Project.
    "Gov. Steve Beshear needs a vacation. Indeed, he should have taken it this week."
    "Other than extreme fatigue, how else can one explain his embrace of a project to build a creationism theme park in Northern Kentucky (near the Creation Museum) and the apparent willingness of his administration to offer tourism-development tax incentives to developers of the park?"
    "Even if technically legal (in that the law allowing the tax breaks doesn't discriminate against other religious or anti-religious views), a state role in a private facility that would be built by a group called Answers in Genesis and espouses a fundamentalist view resting on biblical inerrancy indirectly promotes a religious dogma. That should never be the role of government."
  • December 2. KTVZ-TV, Channel 21, NBC. Bend, Oregon. USA. Private Investors Look To Build Noah's Ark In Ky. by Roger Alford, Associated Press.
    "FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Modern-day investors want to do in three years what took Noah and his sons more than 100 years to do: Build an ark to the dimensions specified in the Bible.
    "Mike Zovath, co-founder of the Answers in Genesis ministry that opened the Creation Museum in Kentucky three years ago, said Wednesday he believes the full-scale replica of Noah's Ark will draw some 1.6 million visitors a year to the Bible belt city of Williamstown."
  • December 2. Daily Mail Online. London, England. $150m plan unveiled for biggest-ever religious theme park with full-scale Noah’s Ark by Daily Mail reporter.
    "A full-scale Noah's Ark is to be built as part of a proposed $150million creationism-themed amusement park in Kentucky."
    "A theme park version of the Biblical ark will mark the focal point of the tourist attraction, which will also feature a walled city, a replica of the Tower of Babel, a recreation of a first-century Middle Eastern village and a 500-seat special effects theatre."
  • December 1. WFPL-FM, 89.3, NPR. Louisville, Kentucky. USA. In Depth: Beshear Defends Tax Breaks For Theme Park by Tony McVeigh.
    "State tax breaks are being offered as an incentive to lure a religious theme park to northern Kentucky and questions are being raised about such use of public dollars."
    "The same people who developed the $30 million Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky, are now envisioning an 800-acre religious theme park featuring a full-scale replica of Noah’s Ark. The park, to be called Ark Encounter, is proposed for farmland along I-75 in Grant County. Mike Zovath of Answers in Genesis says the $150 million project will be privately funded."
  • December 1. Baptist Press. Nashville, Tennesse. USA. Full-scale Noah's Ark park planned for Ky. compiled by Michael Foust.
    "FRANKFORT, Ky. (BP)--The same group behind the Creation Museum is partnering with another group to build a full-scale version of Noah's Ark that will anchor a family oriented Bible-theme attraction costing an estimated $150 million."
  • December 1. Mother Jones. San Francisco, California. USA. Kentucky Offers Tax Breaks for Noah's Ark Theme Park by Tim Murphy.
    "At a press conference in Frankfort today, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced his unlikely plan to save the state's economy—by offering a massive tax incentive to the planners of Ark Encounter, an eco-friendly Noah's Ark theme park to be built outside Cincinnati. Building a Genesis-based theme park, during a recession? Shouldn't he be focusing on Job?"
  • December 1. Alexander Cornswalled blog. USA. Defending the Faith. A nice blog posting encouraging Kentucky governor Steve Beshear's support of the Ark Encounter theme park.
  • December 1. Ark Encounter YouTube channel. USA. Much information about the Ark Encounter project. Interviews with Ken Ham, Mark Looy, Mike Zovath, Pat Marsh, and Cary Summers. Includes overview of the project.
  • December 1. People for the American Way (PAW) blog. Washington, D.C. USA. GOP Leaders Get Back to Basics: Art Censorship! by Drew. A rather bizarre rant that attempts to tie the Smithsonian's exhibit of a video featuring a statue of Jesus crawling with ants, to the announcement by Kentucky governor Steve Beshear of the Ark Encounter theme park.
  • December 1. Cincinnati Business Courier blog. Cincinnati, Ohio. USA. Details revealed for Kentucky's Ark park by Lucy May.
    "Faithful readers of the Courier will not be surprised by Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear’s announcement today about Ark Encounter, a new Noah’s Ark tourist attraction being planned for Northern Kentucky."
    "The Courier broke the news of this $150 million development Nov. 19. And at a news conference this morning, Beshear confirmed many of the details that we reported then."
  • December 1. WTVQ-TV, Channel 36, ABC. Lexington, Kentucky. USA. Ark Encounter Planned In Kentucky by Gary Lacy.
    “We are excited to join with the Ark Encounter group as it seeks to provide this unique, family friendly tourist attraction to the Commonwealth,” said Gov. Beshear. “Bringing new jobs to Kentucky is my top priority, and with the estimated 900 jobs this project will create, I am happy about the economic impact this project will have on the Northern Kentucky region.”
  • December 1. Huffington Post. USA. Creationist Theme Park Supported By Democratic Kentucky Governor posted by Nick Wing.
    "A massive replica of Noah's Ark stretching three stories high and the distance of two football fields may soon be on its way to Northern Kentucky, where it will make its home as the staple of a creationist theme park, Ark Encounter. In an interesting twist, the creationist park is supported by the state's Democratic governor, Steve Beshear."
  • December 1. KyPost.com. Cincinnati, Ohio. USA. New N.Ky. theme park plans unveiled by Jeannine Gallenstein.
    "FRANKFORT, Ky. - Plans for a new Northern Kentucky theme park were unveiled Wednesday morning in Frankfort, Ky."
    "Governor Steve Beshear joined Ark Encounter LLC and Answers in Genesis, the developers of the Creation Museum, with details of "Ark Encounter" that will be built in Grant County. The theme park is expected to be built near Veteran's Cemetery in Williamstown, but multiple sites are being considered."
  • December 1. Pharyngula blog. Morris, Minnesota. USA. Short notice and bad creationist politics. P.Z. Myers calling for Internet campaign against governor.
    "Answers in Genesis is planning to build an idiotic creationist theme park in Kentucky — we've known that for a little while now. The latest news, though, is that they've brought Steve Beshears, governor of Kentucky, on board to participate in a press conference announcing the latest accomplishment of creationism. That's right, the Democratic governor of Kentucky is going to endorse this latest monument to ignorance and miseducation."
  • December 1. MSNBC.COM. USA. Giant Noah's Ark likely landing in Kentucky.
    "FRANKFORT, Ky. — A huge replica of Noah's Ark and an 800-acre creationist theme park reportedly are coming to Grant County, Ky., according to NBC station WLEX."
    "Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear and Answers in Genesis, builders of the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky., are expected to unveil plans Wednesday for the $150 million northern Kentucky attraction, WLEX and other area news outlets reported."

November

  • November 30. Cincinnati.com blog. Cincinnati, Ohio. Announcement Wednesday on creationist theme park by Amanda Van Benschoten. Kentucky/Cincinnati Enquirer website.
    "Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and Answers in Genesis, builders of the Creation Museum in Petersburg, will unveil plans for a new Northern Kentucky attraction tomorrow morning in Frankfort."
    "The themed park, to be called Ark Encounter, will be located in Grant County near the Veteran’s Cemetery."
  • November 30. Grant County News. Dry Ridge, Kentucky. USA. Noah's Ark in Williamstown? by Jamie Baker-Nantz, editor.
    "Talk of a “big” development has captured the imaginations of Grant County residents for the last several months."
    "Is it a Cabela’s? Is it a water park? Is it a giant shopping complex?"
    "Local officials aren’t talking, but a story printed in last week’s Cincinnati’s Business Courier, which cited unnamed Williamstown city officials, said the big development is a $150 million religious theme park complete with a replica of Noah’s Ark."
  • November 27. Pharyngula blog. Morris, Minnesota. USA. P.T. Barnum was right by P.Z. Myers.
    "The Creation "Museum" is expanding and building a theme park. It's simply a fact that Ken Ham's Institution of Ignorance is doing business like gangbusters — it is well-attended and successful, has low-brow appeal, has negligible operating expenses (unlike a real museum), and is drawing in crowds of rubes and doing a great job of separating them from their money."
  • November 22. WSCH-FM, 99.3. Lawrenceburg, Indiana. USA. Creation Museum May Become Creation Amusement Park.
    "(Petersburg, Ky.) - Roller coasters and bumper cars may be in the works for western Boone County. The Creation Museum in Petersburg is reportedly planning a Noah’s Ark-themed amusement park. An official announcement is expected by museum owner Answers in Genesis Nov. 29."
  • November 22. Death and Taxes. "...an indie music and culture website." New York City, New York. USA. In Praise of The Creation Museum’s Noah’s Ark Amusement Park by Andrew Belonsky.
    "Creationism remains remarkably popular among Americans, with about 44% of the population affirming their belief that God made everything, in 7 days, and that dinosaurs were along for the ride. Now those people can take the vacation of their dreams, because Kentucky’s Creation Museum will reportedly open a Noah’s Ark amusement park. Amen."
  • November 20. The Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. USA. Religious theme park discussed. Noah's Ark project might be on its way by Dan Horn. Business section, page B3.
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