Answers in Genesis insists it has religious freedom to discriminate and lies about hiring practices

From Dan Arel concerning AIG's Ark Encounter project:

Answers in Genesis CCO Mark Looy wrote an op-ed for Grant County News Thursday in an attempt to dispel what he believes are myths surrounding the Ark Encounter project.

He begins by addressing the hiring discrimination that led to the loss of the project’s tax incentive, though Looy still believes they lost the tax incentive because of the religious nature of the project.

“One lingering myth has concerned the future hiring practices for the park next year. Despite the rumors, here are two important facts to remember: 1) the Ark Encounter has not yet determined its final hiring policies and 2) when the policies are completed, we have committed to closely follow all applicable federal and state employment laws that govern religious organizations like ours,” write Looy.

Yet on multiple occasions the Ark Encounter has posted job openings that have stated that employees must be young earth creationists and sign a statement of faith, thereby assuring the organization that the applicant believes in the organization’s version of Christianity.

Why tell readers you have not decided on hiring policies when you have been hiring for over a year? And why claim you plan to follow all state and federal laws when you clearly have not been already?

So what Looy is sayng, in a few years (after opening) there will be a massive funding drive to prevent it from closing due to "Christian persectution".

Answers in Genesis insists it has religious freedom to discriminate and lies about hiring practices