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Magmagan t1_ja7xexf wrote

Reply to comment by no_step in TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt

Also, god damn the Butler Act. The whole debacle above happened in 1925... The law was only repealed in 1967! No wonder why we are so divided and ignorant to this day, this was so recent

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mojoegojoe t1_ja81nwa wrote

It's crazy how political structure such as this has such ramifications throughout the whole environment. He didn't even reach the class he was getting sued for-

"After the trial, he admitted to reporter William Kinsey Hutchinson "I didn't violate the law,"[8] explaining that he had skipped the evolution lesson and that his lawyers had coached his students to go on the stand;"

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Drewy99 t1_ja88ywj wrote

>No wonder why we are so divided and ignorant to this day

Thanks Obama...

/s

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