Faith-based Parks: News Releases

May 23, 2008  LAST STAND FOR THE MOJAVE CROSS? — Supreme Court Only Option to Stay Removal of Giant Cross after 9th Circuit Ruling

January 24, 2008  JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDERCUTS PARK SYSTEM FOR MOJAVE CROSS — Administration Argues Park Service Lacks Authority on Private Land within System

January 16, 2007  EVOLVING GRAND CANYON POSITION LEAVES UNANSWERED QUESTIONS — National Park Service Now Distancing Itself from Creationist Book It Approved

December 28, 2006  HOW OLD IS THE GRAND CANYON? PARK SERVICE WON’T SAY — Orders to Cater to Creationists Makes National Park Agnostic on Geology

July 1, 2005  BUSH & PRO-WAR FOOTAGE TO BE ADDED TO LINCOLN MEMORIAL VIDEO — Total Revamp of Memorial Exhibits May Bring Summer Closure

April 20, 2005  COURT STRIKES DOWN LAND EXCHANGE TO PRESERVE MOJAVE CROSS — Cross Must Come Down; Court Calls One-Acre Land Trade a “Sham”

January 19, 2005  WHO SHOT LINCOLN VIDEOTAPE? — Groups Sue for Release of Administration Documents/Records on Censoring Lincoln Memorial Video

October 13, 2004  PARK SERVICE STICKS WITH BIBLICAL EXPLANATION FOR GRAND CANYON — Promised Legal Review on Creationist Book Is Shelved

October 11, 2004  LINCOLN MEMORIAL VIDEO REMOVED — Conservative Complaints Against Gay Rights, Feminist and Anti-War Scenes

September 29, 2004  GAY RIGHTS, PRO-CHOICE AND ANTI-WAR SCENES TO BE CUT FROM LINCOLN MEMORIAL VIDEO — Bush Administration Sits on Revised Video Until After Election

February 26, 2004  NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EMBRACES CREATIONISM — Creationist Book Re-Ordered & Offered as "Natural History;" Geologists Rebuffed

December 22, 2003  RELIGION ON DISPLAY IN NATIONAL PARKS — Christian Fundamentalist Influence on Park Service Decisions "Faith-Based Parks" Decried

April 24, 2003  RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK IN FIRST AMENDMENT BATTLEGROUND OVER THE MOJAVE CROSS — Attorney General Ashcroft Maneuvers to Save Religious Symbol

October 16, 2002  FIERCE BATTLE TO KEEP CROSS IN NATIONAL PARK — Ashcroft & Bush Administration Argue for Faith-Based Parks