IMAX Theaters and religious pressure
LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY hummingwolf)
Some IMAX theatres are refusing to show movies that mention evolution or the Big Bang because of protests by religious groups who say the ideas contradict the Bible.
While the number of protests is small -- perhaps a dozen or fewer IMAX theaters -- the effect could be significant because only a few dozen IMAX theatres exhibit science documentaries, according to an article Saturday in The New York Times.
Check out the links at the end of that Livescience article as well.
And over on the religious right, they say:
Well, when you've had a willing and sheep-like audience for your propoganda for so long it probably is shocking to find out that people are tired of it and want the truth.Um, yeah.