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NPS ordered to “respect” creationist “theories” of Grand Canyon formation

From a Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility press release: “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.’”