[asa] AIG Lawsuit

FYI (from NCSE)

Answers in Genesis is being sued by fellow young-earth creationists.
The
creationist measure in Tennessee is dead, at least for now. And NCSE is
seeking candidates for a position in its Public Information Project.

ANSWERS IN GENESIS IN LEGAL TURMOIL

In the wake of the opening of its creation "museum" in northern
Kentucky,
Answers in Genesis is in the news again, due to a lawsuit filed against
the
young-earth creationist ministry in the Supreme Court of Queensland,
Australia, by a rival ministry. The lawsuit is ultimately due to the
acrimonious schism of AiG in 2005, due to differences between the
Australian branch, headed by Carl Wieland, and the United States branch,
headed by Ken Ham, over the structure and management of the
organization.

In the schism, the AiG branches in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and
South Africa became Creation Ministries International, and the AiG
branches
in the United States and the United Kingdom continued as Answers in
Genesis. CMI is now suing AiG over a number of issues arising from the
schism, particularly control of Creation magazine; CMI alleges that the
Kentucky group in effect stole subscribers for its new Answers magazine
by
ceasing to distribute Creation and claiming that it was "no longer
available."

The story broke in the mainstream media with a report about the lawsuit
in
The Australian (June 5, 2007), followed by a similar report in the
Lexington Herald-Leader (June 17, 2007), one of the major newspapers in
the
vicinity of AiG's Kentucky headquarters. Both articles provide a useful
introduction to the complicated history, and the tangle of accusations
and
counteraccusations, surrounding the schism.

For further details and links to relevant documentation, however,
consult a
useful summary on the Duae Quartunciae blog, as well as the blog of Jim
Lippard, a long-time observer of creationist groups who was reporting on
the AiG schism from early 2006 and who was a quoted source in the
Herald-Leader's article. A piece by Lippard on the schism is to appear
in
a future issue of Reports of the NCSE; in it, he concludes, "creationism
continues to evolve in fascinating ways."

For the story in The Australian, visit:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21848726-28737,00.htm
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For the story in the Lexington Herald-Leader, visit:
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/100183.html

For the story at the Duae Quartunciae blog, visit:
http://duoquartuncia.blogspot.com/2007/06/answers-in-genesis-lawsuit.htm
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And for the relevant stories on Jim Lippard's blog, visit:
http://lippard.blogspot.com/search/label/Answers%20in%20Genesis%20schism
 

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Received on Fri Jun 22 15:27:37 2007