This act was finally repealed by Buford Ellington after Gary Scott had been fired under it.
This act was finally repealed by Buford Ellington after Gary Scott had been fired under it. It was signed into law in 1925 by Governor Austin Peay and its namesake was inspired to promote it after reading a William Jennings Bryan pamphlet. Intentionally violated by a high school sports coach and substitute teacher at the behest of the ACLU, for 10 points, name this act which outlawed the teaching of evolution in Tennessee.
This act was finally repealed by Buford Ellington after Gary Scott had been fired under it.
Butler Act