WTF National Park Service argues in favor of Gawd

[Union Label]

Ok whos the fucking fundy in charge there? This is from raw story http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Park_Service_breaks_its_own_rules_0126.html

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Park Service breaks its own rules to approve creationist Grand Canyon text

Michael Roston
Published: Friday January 26, 2007
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The National Park Service, the federal agency that oversees national parks, has courted controversy by approving a text that uses creationism to describe the origins of the Grand Canyon. An article at Reason magazine now reveals that the service has likely violated its own rules in approving the book for sale.

A Different View (2003), which says that the canyon was created during the Biblical Flood 4,500 years ago, 23 other books were rejected for sale in the park's bookstores.

[Ian David]

1. I believe this story may be a hoax, if it is based upon this same article:

See:

Fact Checking 101: How Skeptic magazine was Duped by an Environmental Activist Group
IanDB1 Thu Jan-18-07 10:32 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=247x8382

[Union Label]

2. I hope so

But I took the story for face value because it was from Rawstory and they are pretty damn accurate.

[Ian David]

4. If it can fool Skeptic Magazine, it can fool Raw Story. n/t

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Did you actually read the article?

I think not as the article in Reason linked from raw story directly addresses the PEER complaint that misstated the problem, and speaks directly of the Skeptics article.

You might try checking your own facts.

http://www.reason.com/news/show/118334.html

[newburgh]

3. This is an old story of sorts. The book was approved...

I just don't think it came out that they broke their own rules. But if they didn't, there needs to be NEW rules...