Gov Beshear has announced that he will attempt to offer tax incentives for the creation of the "Arc Encounter" attraction which will open on the Ky side of Cinci:
"The attraction is envisioned as a full-scale wooden ark that would include associated museums, theaters, amenities, event venues and outdoor parking."
The planned attraction is funded in part by Answers in Genesis, a non-profit group dedicated to the notion that God invented the universe 1000 or so years after man invented beer.
Far be it from me to suggest that the government should intervene in any way to silence this nonsense, in the same vein that I hope the government would never intervene in my saying that it is nonsense. But, to offer tax
incentives for it is another thing altogether.
Look at it this way, if New Age crazies wanted to open a museum dedicated to the power of quarts crystals, how they can heal all illnesses, how they can realign your energy and center your life force and such... if there were enough New Age crazies with enough money to finance such a museum, then more power to them. However, if our state government wants to commit our tax dollars (because tax breaks essentially means the same thing as an expenditure) to teaching the public about the power of quarts crystals... which is not only not supported by scientific evidence, but is roundly destroyed by it... I think that ought to be a problem.
The fact of the matter is that the power of quartz crystals to heal cancer is every bit as supported by evidence as the idea that God invented the universe 1000 years after man invented beer. Perhaps three or four hundred years ago these were questions which were open for debate, but that is no longer the case. They are quite simply delusions which are perpetuated by religious or pseudo-religious cults. The government has no place in silencing these voices, but it also has no place in supporting them.
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