In June 2009, he was appointed Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure, and it was in his capacity as Minister that in May 2010, after lobbying by the Caleb Foundation pressure group, he wrote to the Ulster Museum requesting that it display a range of Creationist and other anti-Evolution material, claiming that it was the Museum's job to "reflect the views of all the people in Northern Ireland" rather than to reflect the understanding of modern science.
In June 2009, he was appointed Minister of Culture, Arts, and Leisure, and it was in his capacity as Minister that in May 2010, after lobbying by the Caleb Foundation pressure group, he wrote to the Ulster Museum requesting that it exhibit a variety of Creationist and other anti-Evolution materials, asserting that it was the Museum's duty to "represent the viewpoints of all the people in Northern Ireland" rather than to reflect the current scientific understanding.