Plans for religious charter school, though rejected for now, are already pushing church-state debates into new territory

By expanding the boundaries of permissible aid, these three cases have boosted proponents’ hopes for even greater public funding for private faith-based schools – and now, with the charter proposal, hopes that there might be a path ahead for public religious schools, entirely paid for with taxpayer money. Above: Faith & Freedom Coalition Chairman Ralph Reed speaks in front of the Supreme Court before arguments in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer.