Ken Ham wants ark light display to 'take the rainbow back'

[TexasTowelie]

Lights from every color in the rainbow bathe the giant model of Noah's Ark in Northern Kentucky this Christmas.

But the holiday light display at the Ark Encounter in Grant County isn't just meant to be aesthetically pleasing. Answers in Genesis President Ken Ham made sure to add some political and social commentary to the ark's light display.

In a post on the Answers in Genesis website this week, Ham said Christians need to take the rainbow back. He bemoaned how it's become a symbol for the gay rights movement.

He said the rainbow should not symbolize "freedom, love, pride or the LGBTQ movement," but rather God's covenant with Noah.

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{Chris} Hartman {director of the LGBTQ-rights organization, the Fairness Campaign} admired the look of the lights, though.

"It makes the ark look incredibly gay," Hartman said.

Read more: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/blogs/2016/12/23/ken-ham-wants-ark-light-display-take-rainbow-back/95790964/