File this in the "weird news" folder: Kent Hovind, an outspoken creation evangelist, was arrested last week. Hovind probably isn't a household name, but if you follow the creation/evolution debate, you've almost certainly heard of Hovind's creationism ministry or his Florida theme park.
It wasn't Hovind's creationism that got him arrested, however:
In the indictment unsealed Thursday, a grand jury alleges that Kent Hovind failed to pay $473,818 in federal income, Social Security and Medicare taxes on employees at his Creation Science Evangelism/Ministry between March 31, 2001, and Jan. 31, 2004.The indictment alleges Kent Hovind paid his employees in cash and labeled them "missionaries" to avoid payroll tax and FICA requirements.
According to the article, Hovind has maintained in the past that "as a minister of God, everything he owns belongs to God and he is not subject to paying taxes to the United States on money he receives for doing God's work"--interesting theology, perhaps, but not the sort of attitude that will endear you to the IRS!
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