In Public Schools, Get Religion Right Before the Fight

Commentary
Inside the First Amendment

By Charles C. Haynes
First Amendment Center senior scholar

Antonio Peck was in kindergarten in 1999 when his family filed suit against the Baldwinsville, N.Y., school district. Antonio is in 10th grade now — and his family is still waiting for the case to be resolved. At this rate, he’ll be a college graduate when the courts finally render a decision.

On Oct. 15, the Peck family’s legal marathon took…