Americans United for Separation of Church and State has urged Tulsa, Okla.'s mayor and members of the city's park board to cancel a planned creationism exhibit at the city zoo.
In June, the Tulsa Park and Recreation Board, under pressure from a local Religious Right activist, voted to allow an exhibit at the Tulsa Zoo depicting a biblical account of God's creation of the world.
In a letter to Tulsa Mayor Bill LaFortune and members of the board, Americans United called for the cancellation of the planned religious display.
"Tulsa city officials have been bamboozled by a cranky Religious Right activist," said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United executive director. "The planned creationism exhibit is a misguided effort to open the zoo up to promoting religious dogma."
(Photo: Jesse Cohen, Smithsonian NZP photographer)
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