Kenneth Upton is Senior Litigation Counsel for Americans United for Separation of Church and State. With more than 30 years of trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts across the country, Kenneth participates in cases involving the misuse of religion, primarily by government and majoritarian denominations, to justify discrimination that harms or disadvantages others, including LGBTQ people. His docket includes litigation concerning the US Department of Health and Human Service’s 2019 denial-of-care rule threatening healthcare for marginalized communities, challenges to government-sanctioned religious discrimination in state and federal foster care programs, and suits pushing back against improper exemptions that would allow businesses to discriminate in the provision of goods and services in public accommodations. Prior to joining AU, he served as Senior Counsel for Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV.