"We urge President Biden to nominate a justice who reflects the diversity of our country and understands that separation of church and state is the cornerstone of religious freedom," said AU CEO Rachel Laser. "We deserve a justice who will defend our country’s foundational principle of separation of religion and government like our democracy depends on it – because it does.”

We don’t have to look far to understand what happens to abortion access when Christian nationalists have their way.

People just seemed to need a phrase to describe the relationship between religion and government that was emerging, and over time the 'separation' idea has spoken powerfully to many.