However the author of the law, a Tennessee farmer named John Washington Butler, specifically intended that it would prohibit the teaching of evolution.
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By the terms of the statute, it could be argued, it was not illegal to teach that apes descended from protozoa, to teach the mechanisms of variation and natural selection, or to teach the prevailing scientific theories of geology or the age of the Earth.
Act of Parliament | Act | Statute Law Revision Act 1948 | Statute Law Revision Act 1888 | Act of Congress | Butler | Reform Act 1832 | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Endangered Species Act | Digital Millennium Copyright Act | Clean Water Act | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | National School Lunch Act | Statute Law Revision Act 1863 | Criminal Justice Act 1988 | Local Government Act 1972 | Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | Gerard Butler | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act | Communications Act 2003 | Judith Butler | Statute Law Revision Act 1887 | Consumer Credit Act 1974 | ACT | West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio | Stamp Act | Samuel Butler | Official Secrets Act 1989 | National Firearms Act | Butler Derrick |