The ADF is avowedly theocratic. Its goal is to infuse its brand of Christian fundamentalism in every aspect of our lives. The church-state wall, it believes, is an “artificial” barrier.

Kennedy’s announcement that he is retiring is cause for sadness and alarm – mainly because Trump gets to replace him. While Kennedy was often wrong on separation of church and state, he was right just enough to make him an important swing vote on some occasions.

Americans United intern Emily Midyette attended the Oregon high school that recently was in the news for allegedly discriminating against LGBTQ students and forcing at least one of them to read the Bible in school as punishment. Midyette discusses some of the other church-state separation problems she experienced at North Bend High School.