mojoegojoe t1_ja81nwa wrote
Reply to comment by Magmagan 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
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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