​​​​​​​During the Values Voter Summit over the weekend, leaders and followers of the Religious Right made clear they plan to continue their attempts to weaponize religious freedom as a means to justify discrimination, particularly against LGBTQ people and women.

The owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, the baker who violated Colorado anti-discrimination laws when he refused on to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, is in the national spotlight again. This time, he’s suing the state of Colorado alleging religious discrimination after it came to light that he has refused to bake a cake for a transgender woman.

AU attorneys Kelly Percival and Andrew Nellis are finishing up their two-year legal fellowships with Americans United this month. We asked them to reflect on their time protecting the wall of separation between church and state.