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Academic Freedom versus Science
Tennessee's Republican legislature has enacted a new law allowing teachers to question the science of Evolution. Is it back to the Scopes trial of 1925?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenBanner image: Clarence Darrow (L) and William Jennings Bryan (R) during the Scopes Trial in 1925
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3 storiesIs 'Academic Freedom' a Disguise for Religion?
In 1925, a Tennessee jury convicted John Scopes for questioning the Bible by teaching Evolution. More recently, it's become a required science. But now the legislature has passed a law allowing teachers to raise "scientific weaknesses" about Evolution, along with Global Warming.
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