58. PERSECUTION! The Legacy of the Scopes Trial
Thank you to my patrons for your continued support of the show. Subscribe for ad free episodes at patreon.com/montemader.A sticky sweltering Tennessee courtroom in 1925 would change the course of Christian conservative perception of "persecution" for the next 100 years. Tennessee's passage of the unconstitutional Butler Act in March of 1925 was fertile soil for a challenge by the ACLU who offered to represent any teacher prosecuted under the law. It was also prime opportunity for the ailing town of Dayton to draw in some much needed publicity to stimulate a strangled local economy. John T…
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