Scopes' conviction was overturned on a technicality, but the law remained on the books until it was repealed in 1967. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a similar Arkansas law a year later. Cohen, the Senate's only Jew and the lone opponent of the Ten Commandments resolution, agreed. He waits outside the Senate chamber while his colleagues begin each session with a prayer, usually to Jesus. God is great.
Religion is great.
But government is not, especially when people want government to get involved in religion. A state lawmaker who earned a perfect rating from the Christian Coalition of Florida admitted buying sex from prostitutes after being caught with one in his truck in a shopping center parking lot. I am truly regretful for the embarrassment and shame this incident has caused them. He is now being counseled by his pastor. A painting contractor elected to the Legislature in 1992, Couch said he will not seek re-election this fall but hopes to finish his second term.