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Sexual Orientation And Public Schools: All Or Nothing?

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Inside the First Amendment

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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…

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