California Science Centre sued for not showing a documentary related to Charles Darwin
January 3rd, 2010 - 10:01 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Jan 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The prestigious California Science Centre is in the news as it apparently canceled a documentary that spoke against the Charles Darwin theory of evolution. It has been sued for this and now is all set to defend itself in court.
A lawsuit alleges that the California Science Centre improperly bowed to pressure from the Smithsonian Institution, as well as e-mailed complaints from USC professors and others. It says that the center violated both the 1st Amendment and a contract to rent the museum’s Imax Theater when it canceled the screening of “Darwin’s Dilemma: The Mystery of the Cambrian Fossil Record.” This suit was filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court by the American Freedom Alliance, an L.A. -based group described by senior fellow Avi Davis as a nonprofit, nonpartisan “think tank and activist network promoting Western values and ideals.”
According to the lawsuit the American Freedom Alliance wants punitive damages and compensation for the financial losses it suffered due to non-screening of the documentary that spoke against the Charles Darwin Theory of Evolution It also wants a statement from the famed California Science Centre that they violated the Constitution and cannot refuse the group the right to rent its facilities for future events.
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