I want to be clear about this, I did not take templeton funding to do this. I recieved two or three very small honorariums that might trace funds back to Templeton. If there is a true conflict of interest here, I would gladly return these checks. I do not however believe there was a conflict.
One of the entertaining ironies of this situation is that Coyne and @patrick might have found common ground with Ken Ham on this one. He too was very concerned with Templeton funding collaboration between scientists and seminaries.