The measure will allow classroom debates over evolution, permitting discussions of creationism alongside evolutionary teachings about the origins of life. Critics say the law, disparagingly called "The Monkey Bill," will plunge Tennessee back to the divisive days of the notorious Scopes "Monkey Trial" in Dayton, Tenn., in 1925.
MORE: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-tennessee-creationism-classroom-20120411,0,3437550.story
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Monkeying Around: Tenn. Governor Refuses To Confront Unconstitutional Creationism Bill
http://au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/monkeying-around-tenn-governor-refuses-to-confront-unconstitutional
