Creationist Sues Grand Canyon National Park

2017

May 12. Reformatorisch Dagblad. Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Christelijke geoloog geweerd uit Grand Canyon by Gert-Jan van Heugten. < br/>"Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP) weigert de Amerikaanse geoloog dr. Andrew Snelling vanwege zijn religieuze overtuiging toestemming te verlenen om geologisch onderzoek te doen naar het ontstaan van aardlagen in de Grand Canyon (VS). Anti-discriminatieorganisatie Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) heeft een rechtszaak aangespannen tegen het park. Dat meldde Logos Instituut uit De Bilt vrijdag."

May 11. Church Militant. Ferndale, Michigan. First Test Case of Trump's Religious Liberty Executive Order by Anita Carey.< br/>"Snelling is a scientist working for Answers in Genesis (AG), a Christian apologetics ministry focusing on providing answers to questions about the Bible such as creation, evolution, science and the age of the earth. He is suing the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Grand Canyon park superintendent and other park officials for denying his research and sampling permit on the grounds of his Christian beliefs."

May 11. OneNewsNow.com. Suing for the right to study the rocks by Charlie Butts, Billy Davis.< br/>"Snelling and ADF claim they have evidence of discrimination after the National Park Service forwarded his application to geology professors for their review, and the Young Earther was mocked in back-and-forth emails for his biblical beliefs."

May 11. Cincinnati.com. Cincinnati, Ohio. Creation Museum researcher sues federal government by Cameron Knight.
"Andrew Snelling claims that National Park Service, tasked with evaluating the scientific merit of research proposals in parks, along with the Department of Interior and several employees for the agencies violated his constitutional rights when they denied his request to collect rock samples from the Grand Canyon."

May 10. Christian Post. Answers in Genesis Geologist Accuses Grand Canyon National Park of Religious Discrimination by Leonardo Blair.
"In the complaint, Snelling charged that his attempts to collect rock samples were blocked by officials who relied on consultants who made disparaging remarks about him."

May 10. Laboratory Equipment. Rockaway, New Jersey. Creationist Geologist Sues National Park Service Over Grand Canyon Rocks by Seth Augenstein.
"The NPS most recently permitted Snelling to travel into the park – but only to take pictures and record GPS coordinates of where he would collect the stones. Such a trip, the geologist argues, would multiply the cost of the research for no reason. In the meantime, several other scientists have received permits to collect larger and more numerous samples, the suit alleges."

May 10. Friendly Atheist. Blog. The Creationist Suing Grand Canyon Park Officials for Discrimination Is Just a Bad Scientist by Hemant Mehta.
"But the reality is that Snelling isn’t conducting legitimate scientific research. It’s worth going through his personal history and what this lawsuit is all about to understand that."

May 10. Kentucky.com. Lexington, Kentucky. Creation Museum researcher alleges religious discrimination in Grand Canyon by Linda Blackford.
"Andrew Snelling, the research director for Answers in Genesis, the parent company of both tourist attractions in Northern Kentucky, filed a civil rights and religious discrimination complaint on May 9 in U.S. District Court in Arizona with the help of Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian nonprofit that works on religious freedom issues. Answers in Genesis promulgates “Young Earth Creationism,” which is the belief that the world was literally created by God in six days less than 10,000 years ago."

May 9. WND.com. Washington, DC. Is 'grand illusion' about Grand Canyon on verge of being exposed? by Bob Unruh.
"ADF noted Snelling holds a Ph.D. in geology from the internationally acclaimed University of Sydney and has conducted geological research in Australia and the United States. He has published works in peer-reviewed journals and has substantial field and laboratory experience with both theoretical and practical geological research."

May 9. Phoenix New Times. Phoenix, Arizona. Was Grand Canyon Project Rejected Because Researcher Is a Creationist? by Ray Stern.
"Whether it's actually "good" research is debatable, of course. But it's unclear why government officials care what Snelling concludes about a relatively small collection of Grand Canyon rocks."

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