When Faith, Science, and Politics Collide
The republic's Christian founders made it clear that no faith should have a privileged position in America and that religion should not intrude in the workings of government.
Courts have long been a battleground for this principle, as seen in the historic Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925.
- Defense lawyer Clarence Darrow questioned William Jennings Bryan, director of the prosecution, about the Bible on July 1, 1925, during the trial in Dayton, Tenn.
- Local high school science instructor John T. Scopes, 24, had been accused of violating a new Tennessee law against teaching 19th-century thinker Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
The "monkey trial" was memorably described by H.L. Mencken of the Baltimore Sun as an event that continues to haunt us.
Author's summary: Faith and science collide in America.
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