A DANGEROUS DESCENT

The Laws of Evolution

1633 - The Trial of Galileo - Galileo was put on trial for the content of his 500-page work Dialogue, a story of three Italian Gentlemen that argue for a Copernican theory of the Universe.

1925 - "Scopes Monkey" Trial - Prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools.

1968 - Epperson v. Arkansas - Allows the theory of evolution to be taught in public schools.

1987 - Edwards v. Aguillard - The Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana's "Creation Act", which stated that any school that teaches evolution must also teach biblical creationism, was unconstitutional because it was inteded to advance a particular religion within public schools.

1992 - Trial of Galileo Part II - 359 years after the vatican defamed, admonished and ultimately forced Galileo to recant his Copernican theory, Pope John Paul II officially declared that Galileo was right, and the Earth does revolve around the sun.

2005 - Kitzmiller v. Dover - Abolishes the teaching of intelligent design in public school biology classrooms because intelligent design "cannot uncouple itself from its creationist, and thus religious, antecedents".

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