Carrin said she'd try to round up someone who could do that. But when she called back, it was to say that because of the pending voucher lawsuit, I was out of luck. Neither Gallagher nor his staff would talk. With all due respect, that's hooey. Leon County Circuit Judge L. Ralph Smith Jr. didn't even have to consider the church-state question before deciding to throw out the voucher scheme on broader constitutional grounds.
Nothing regarding the religious aspects of the law is presently before any court.
It might become an issue later if the Supreme Court reverses Smith and sends the case back for trial, but it's not an issue now. By then, of course, he hopes to be safely ensconced in the United States Senate. He can run, but he can't hide. Gallagher's silence speaks no less forcefully than Heffernan's advocacy to the proposition that the critics had it right. St. Petersburg Times.