Posted on 10/09/2014 7:23:32 AM PDT by GIdget2004
What other job qualifications does the left object to? Are they now prepared to say that any qualifications amount to discrimination?
It’s anything but a Left State. This is KY.
This article should serve as adequate notice and proof that government enticements with tax rewards and penalties is always a bad idea.
Isn’t KY the state of McConnell?
They were advertising for a computer assisted design technician. Where do "salvation testimony" and a "Creation belief statement" factor into those qualifications?
Though it would be kind of funny if all their applications came from guys named Mahesh or Deepak.
But then, I don't see why government is providing any financial incentives for this project in the first place.
Is it really out-of-line for a Christian organization, espousing Christian values and wanting to create a Christian work atmosphere to want Christian employees?
The Creation Museum in Kentucky brings in visitors from all over the United States. These people stay in hotels, eat in restaurants and go to other area attractions which bring in tax revenue to the state. Ark Encounter will do the same thing.
That is why the state offered them tax incentives.
They’re a Christian organization. Hiring a believer would just be common sense and right of association is a Constitutional right. Should they be forced to hire agnostics and atheists?
Oh, I get all that. But I still don't see why tax dollars (directly or indirectly) need to be involved.
Same thing with professional sports stadiums. They bring in visitors, etc but I don't see why tax money needs to be involved.
It's certainly has nothing to do with capitalism.
This is not a church. This is a corporation wanting state tax breaks to help finance their operation. If they want the money then follow the law.
If they want the state to subsidize them through tax breaks then they need to be prepared to follow the law. And if that means that some atheist or agnostic is dumb enough to want to work for them then they can't turn him down simply because he doesn't adhere to their particular beliefs.
But getting tax incentives is not a constitutional right (maybe by the time Chelsea Clinton becomes president).
No one is "forcing" them to do anything.
Again, with the shekels come the shackles.
I think the law is wrong. There is no separation of church and state. There never was.
Absolutely. And it's against everything the Founders believed.
I don't have a problem with the law. If agnostics and atheists are good enough to subsidize the Ark Museum through their tax dollars then they're good enough to work there. If the Ark Museum, or any other organization, wants to be selective in their hiring then do it without public financial support.
We’ll just have to disagree.
It is a 501c3 non-profit religious organization.
You’re OK then with government telling them (or anyone else) who they can and cannot hire?
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