In Pensacola, Florida on Monday, evangelist Kent Hovind pled not guilty to a 58-count federal indictment charging him with tax fraud, avoiding financial reporting requirements and impeding an IRS investigation. Today's Pensacola News Journal reports on the rather outlandish claims of immunity made by Hovind who owns Dinosaur Adventure Land, a creationist theme park. Hovind claims that the federal government has no jurisdiction over him, and when pressed in court to enter a plea Hovind said he wished to enter a plea of "subornation of false muster."
Hovind is accused of paying employees of his Creation Science Ministry in cash and calling them missionaries to avoid withholding payroll and FICA taxes. His wife is also charged. For years Hovind has claimed that he is employed by God and has no income or property because everything he owns belongs to God. Hovind believes that man and dinosaurs inhabited the earth at the same time and has offered a $250,000 reward to anyone who can furnish satisfactory proof of evolution.
