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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 In 1967, Tennessee repealed the Butler Act, and in 1968, the Supreme Court ruled in ''Epperson v. Arkansas'', 393 U.S. 97, that such bans on teaching are unconstitutional if they are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.
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 In 1967, Tennessee repealed the Butler Act, and in 1968, the Supreme Court ruled in ''Epperson v. Arkansas'', 393 U.S. 97, that such bans on teaching are unconstitutional if they are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.
Tennessee continues to downplay evolution in its schools.{{fact}} Tennessee native Al Gore, aligned with supporters of evolution and public school teachers' unions, became the first presidential candidate in history to lose the election by losing his own home state in 2000.
Tennessee continues to downplay evolution in its schools.{{fact}}
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