Scopes Trial

In 1925, a biology teacher in Tennessee, John Scopes, was arrested for teaching evolution at schools. There was a state law that forbade the teaching of evolution, which is why the teacher was arrested. The American Civil Liberties Union took the case and Clarence Darrow, a lawyer even defended Scopes without charging him anything. This court case was known as the Scopes Trial, also known as the Monkey Trial. After three students testified that Scopes did in fact teach evolution as school and after the judge refused to let scientists come to the stand, John Scopes was found guilty and he was charged with the sum of a hundred dollars.I think it should not matter whether a teacher teachers the cycle of evolution in schools. If a child was really religious they would just listen to the teachers opinion, but still believe in their own ideas. This is how many of my religious friends view the cycle of evolution, they still believe what their religion has taught them- although they still keep in mind what their teachers have taught them. I personally like to mesh my religious ideas and the scientific cycle of evolution. I believe that life started with the Big Bang and evolution did in fact happen, but I think that God started the Big Bang.

Back to the Scopes Trial, I think that it was unfair for Mr. Scopes to be found guilty. Although it is more ridiculous that a law that forbade the teaching of evolution was put in place. I am happy that this has changed.