As history tells us, the court found John Scopes guilty of teaching evolution and fined him $100 (the fine was later overturned based on a technicality). The court also stated that while they forbade the teaching of evolution, they "did not require the teaching of any other doctrine, so that it did not benefit any doctrine over the others" (Linder)...
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This case was a giant setback for advocates of evolutionary theory, one that would not be overcome for over forty years. In 1968 the Supreme Court's decision on Epperson v. Arkansas, reversed its previous ruling and allowed the teaching of evolution in public schools. Their decision was based on an interpretation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment that prohibits a state from "requiring that teaching and learning? be tailored to the principles or prohibitions of any particular religious sect or doctrine" (Wikipedia)...
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