of legislation related to religion. The Lemon Test has been applied in Supreme Court cases involving prayer at graduations and other school functions, public displays of religious symbols and the notable case on teaching intelligent design in schools, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District. Lemon was asked to join the case after criticizing the Pennsylvania law at a Philadelphia meeting of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Lemon had standing as a tax-paying citizen of Pennsylvania with a child attending public school there. Newspapers in Philadelphia called Lemon a "First Amendment hero" at the time of case for volunteering to be a named plaintiff. Lemon expressed surprise at having a leading piece of First Amendment jurisprudence bear his name. In 2003 he said, "I still don't know why my name came out first on this case." Law professor Douglas Laycock offers the explanation that choosing an African American was related to the background of a push back against school desegregation at the time. Thirty years after the decision Lemon was displeased at the erosion of the precedent stating, "separation of church and state is gradually losing ground, I regret to say." While he never sought public recognition for his involvement with the Supreme Court case, in 2004 he expressed satisfaction with the decision and pride in his participation. Death Lemon died of Alzheimer's disease on May 4, 2013, in Rydal Park, near Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. He donated his body to science. See also Ethical movement Humanism References 1928 births 2013 deaths People from McDonough, Georgia Morehouse College alumni University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice alumni American civil rights activists American humanists