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The law challenged by the [[ACLU]] in the Scopes Trial remained in effect for over 50 more years.  In 1967, Tennessee repealed the Butler Act, and in 1968, the Supreme Court ruled in ''Epperson v. Arkansas'', 393 U.S. 97, that such bans on teaching are unconstitutional if they are primarily religious in intent.  However, Tennessee continues to downplay evolution in its schools.

The law challenged by the [[ACLU]] in the Scopes Trial remained in effect for over 50 more years.  In 1967, Tennessee repealed the Butler Act, and in 1968, the Supreme Court ruled in ''Epperson v. Arkansas'', 393 U.S. 97, that such bans on teaching are unconstitutional if they are primarily religious in intent.  However, Tennessee continues to downplay evolution in its schools.  In 2000, Tennessee voters rejected their own native son, [[Al Gore]], who ran with the support of the [[Democratic Party]], the public school teachers unions, and backers of the [[ACLU]]. He became the first presidential candidate to lose the election by virtue of losing his own home state.

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