November 22, 2005
An exhibition celebrating the life of Charles Darwin, which is slated
for the National Museum of Australia later this decade, has failed to
find a corporate sponsor in the United States because American
companies are anxious not to take sides in the heated debate between
scientists and fundamentalist Christians over the theory of evolution.
The entire $US3 million ($1.7 million) cost of Darwin, which opened at
the American Museum of Natural History in New York at the weekend, is
instead being borne by wealthy individuals and private donations.
The failure of American companies to back the exhibition reflects the
growing influence of fundamentalist Christians, who are among
President George Bush's most vocal supporters, in all walks of life
in the US.
(Extracted from an article in the Sydney Morning Herald.)
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