You can read the article here, but it seems that the Cincinnati Zoo and the Creation Museum had decided to offer a discount on admission when you showed that you had bought a ticket to the other venue. The offer was only available three days before hundreds of complaints to the zoo caused them to withdraw from the deal. The Creation Museum will honor the deal anyway for the next few weeks ($9.00 off admission).
The Zoo is a private entity, as is the Creation Museum, and it would seem that this would be no different than offering a discount to any constituency. The complainers are certainly not motivated by their desire to see more people visit the zoo, nor do they seem very tolerant of groups or entities with views different than their own. But the zoo had to make the decision that would be best for itself (it is, after all, in need of public good will, support, and ticket buyers), so I will not fault them for their choice.
I'm just surprised (and probably shouldn't be) at the strong negative reaction.
The Zoo is a private entity, as is the Creation Museum, and it would seem that this would be no different than offering a discount to any constituency. The complainers are certainly not motivated by their desire to see more people visit the zoo, nor do they seem very tolerant of groups or entities with views different than their own. But the zoo had to make the decision that would be best for itself (it is, after all, in need of public good will, support, and ticket buyers), so I will not fault them for their choice.
I'm just surprised (and probably shouldn't be) at the strong negative reaction.
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