Commentary
Inside the First Amendment
By Charles C. Haynes
First Amendment Center senior scholar
What a difference a day makes.
On Jan. 31, two court decisions and one lawsuit in three states made an already hot fight over sexual orientation in public schools even hotter.
In a case out of Massachusetts, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by parents who wanted school officials to notify them whenever same-sex…






