We believe that Christians do not need to personally question the integrity, the intelligence, or the salvation of other Christians when debating Biblical issues. Ken has obviously felt led to publicly attack our conventions and a number of our speakers.

A sponsor of Christian homeschooling conventions has pulled speaking invitations from Creation Museum founder Ken Ham, saying he has been “publicly slandering our conventions and defaming a number of our speakers.”

Ham, president of the Northern Kentucky-based Answers in Genesis, which oversees the museum and is proposing a separate Bible theme park, normally gets into controversies over his denial of evolution.

Yet the Great Homeschooling Conventions organization says in a statement that it agrees “100 percent” with Ham on “young earth” creationism — that the literal interpretation of the Bible means that God created the universe within the last several thousands years and all types of life in basically their present form. The scientific consensus is that both are billions of years old and that humans evolved from other species.

The organization rescinded invitations for Ham to speak at homeschooling conventions next weekend in Cincinnati and in June in Philadelphia. It said in a statement:

One of the core values of our convention is that we believe that good people can disagree and still be good people. We believe that Christians do not need to personally question the integrity, the intelligence, or the salvation of other Christians when debating Biblical issues. Ken has obviously felt led to publicly attack our conventions and a number of our speakers. We believe that what Ken has said and done is unChristian and sinful. A number of attendees are demanding explanations from our board and we must respond to them”