University in Oklahoma Reinstates Ken Ham Lecture
Feb 20, 2018 10:28:24 GMT -5
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University in Oklahoma Reinstates Ken Ham Lecture
School President Restores Creationist’s Talk
on February 15, 2018
Editor’s note: This article was adapted from a news release that was recently distributed to the media.
Late last month, internationally renowned Christian speaker and author Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis was uninvited from speaking at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO). Today, UCO President Don Betz has invited the AiG president to give his talk, “Genesis and the State of the Culture,” on the Edmond campus.
Although campus activists put enormous pressure on the student body president to cancel the lecture at UCO’s Constitution Hall, President Betz has decided to restore Ham’s lecture for March 5. Joining Ham at the free 3 p.m. presentation will be Dr. Georgia Purdom from the AiG faculty; she holds a PhD in molecular genetics from The Ohio State University. Dr. Purdom will speak on “Genetics and the Bible.”
Ham declared,
I’m thrilled my talk at UCO is back on again. UCO officials have definitely heard from many concerned state legislators, several local residents, and alumni about the denial of our right to free speech.
Furthermore, by moving my talk from the evening to the afternoon, we now have the opportunity to reach even more UCO students during the school day. UCO is a commuter campus, and many of its students might not have been able to attend in the evening.
Ham added, “I’m thankful for the many Oklahomans who stood up for our constitutionally guaranteed rights to free speech and the free exercise of religion.”
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School President Restores Creationist’s Talk
on February 15, 2018
Editor’s note: This article was adapted from a news release that was recently distributed to the media.
Late last month, internationally renowned Christian speaker and author Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis was uninvited from speaking at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO). Today, UCO President Don Betz has invited the AiG president to give his talk, “Genesis and the State of the Culture,” on the Edmond campus.
Although campus activists put enormous pressure on the student body president to cancel the lecture at UCO’s Constitution Hall, President Betz has decided to restore Ham’s lecture for March 5. Joining Ham at the free 3 p.m. presentation will be Dr. Georgia Purdom from the AiG faculty; she holds a PhD in molecular genetics from The Ohio State University. Dr. Purdom will speak on “Genetics and the Bible.”
Ham declared,
I’m thrilled my talk at UCO is back on again. UCO officials have definitely heard from many concerned state legislators, several local residents, and alumni about the denial of our right to free speech.
Furthermore, by moving my talk from the evening to the afternoon, we now have the opportunity to reach even more UCO students during the school day. UCO is a commuter campus, and many of its students might not have been able to attend in the evening.
Ham added, “I’m thankful for the many Oklahomans who stood up for our constitutionally guaranteed rights to free speech and the free exercise of religion.”
more
answersingenesis.org/about/press/2018/02/15/university-in-oklahoma-reinstates-ken-ham-lecture/?utm_source=articlesmedia&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1-banner-cta&utm_campaign=20180217&mc_cid=4a84e23204&mc_eid=cb07bd0010
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