Robert Q. Black wrote:
> HOW OLD IS THE GRAND CANYON? PARK SERVICE WON'T SAY -- Orders to Cater
> to Creationists Makes National Park Agnostic on Geology
>
> Washington, DC -- Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an
> official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to
> pressure from Bush administration appointees. Despite promising a prompt
> review of its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created
> by Noah's flood rather than by geologic forces, more than three years
> later no review has ever been done and the book remains on sale at the
> park, according to documents released today by Public Employees for
> Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
>
> "In order to avoid offending religious fundamentalists, our National
> Park Service is under orders to suspend its belief in geology," stated
> PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. "It is disconcerting that the
> official position of a national park as to the geologic age of the Grand
> Canyon is 'no comment.'"
>
>
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