Jtscopes

The Impact of the Scopes Trial

By alannajandrews

  • Inherit The Wind opens on Broadway

    Inherit The Wind opens on Broadway

  • The Butler Act is repealed

  • Epperson V. Arkansas

    Epperson V. Arkansas
    In the case of Epperson v. Arkansas, the United States Supreme Court struck down state anti-evolution laws as being violations of the Establishment Clause in the Bill of Rights.

  • Edwards v. Aguillard

    Edwards v. Aguillard
    A Louisiana law entitled the "Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science in Public School Instruction Act" prohibited the teaching of the theory of evolution in public schools unless the creation science was also taught. Schools were not forced to teach creation science. The law was declared unconstitutional.

  • Pope John Paul II confirms that the Roman Catholic doctrine and the theory of evolution can be compatible.

    Pope John Paul II confirms that the Roman Catholic doctrine and the theory of evolution can be compatible.
    "Pope John Paul II tells the Pontifical Academy of Sciences that evolution is 'more than a hypothesis' and does not contradict Catholic teaching. The Pope insists, however, that 'souls are immediately created by God' and that theories of evolution that hold the human mind to be a product of evolution are incompatible with 'the dignity of the person.'"