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not "poetic license"
The '''Scopes Trial''' of 1925 was engineered as a challenge to the Tennessee Butler Act that prohibited the teaching of evolution in publically funded schools and universities. The willing defendant, John Scopes, was convicted of violating the Butler act, though the conviction was later overturned on a technicality. The Scopes trial was made infamous in 1955 with the play ''Inherit the Wind'', and the 1960 Hollywood motion picture with the same title; both works took great artistic license.
The '''Scopes Trial''' of 1925 was engineered as a challenge to the Tennessee Butler Act that prohibited the teaching of evolution in publicly funded schools and universities. The willing defendant, John Scopes, was convicted of violating the Butler act, though the conviction was later overturned on a technicality. The Scopes trial was made infamous in 1955 with the play ''Inherit the Wind'', and the 1960 Hollywood motion picture with the same title, both of which completely lied about the facts in order to harm Christianity.
== Publicity Conspiracy ==
== Publicity Conspiracy ==