Well, given how awful their grasp of science is, it would make sense their grasp of constitutional law would be equally dodgy. In this case, it's Ken Ham's organization "Answers in Genesis, which is a biblical-literalist, Young Earth religious organization.
A few years back, they convinced the Kentucky state government to offer them a bunch of tax rebates in order to build a Noah's Ark theme park, to the tune of about $18 million. Though the religious nature of AiG was obvious, the cover was that this would be a big tourist attraction, so a tax rebate to draw in tourist dollars was seen as a good thing.
Problem was, AiG made it clear that this was, in fact, a religious mission, and would be staffed by people who met their particular religious tests. Which is fine, and certainly their right — but not as paid for by taxpayer dollars. So in December, Kentucky, faced with AiG's assurance that it would discriminate on a religious basis in its hiring for this amusement park, withdrew the tax rebates.
So now AiG is suing Kentucky on the grounds that they are being persecuted as a religious organization. Which they are, of course, not; the state has no obligation to give tax rebates to a missionary project — in fact, it has an obligation not to. AiG is, in fact, facing an adverse result, based on the very constitutional protection it claims as a basis for its law suit.
Creationist group sues Kentucky over $18 million in tax rebates for Noah’s Ark theme park
