Jennifer and Jason Reinoehl's 2023 lawsuit against their local school for teaching evolution echoed the century-old debate over science and religion from the Scopes Trial, alleging it promoted atheism and violated their parental rights. Though their case was dismissed as "futile," efforts to undermine evolution persist, with creationist legislation and advocacy testing the boundaries of science education nearly 100 years after Scopes.

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Robyn E. Blumner is the CEO of the Center for Inquiry and the executive director of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and, Science. She was a nationally syndicated columnist and editorial writer for the Tampa Bay Times (formerly the St. Petersburg Times) for sixteen years.

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