King and Dobson On Separation of Church and State

James Dobson was apparently on the Larry King Live program again. King decided to question the issue of Homosexuality again by trying to appeal to the separation of church and state issue. Here is part of the conversation:

KING: Why is it a state institution rather than a religious institution? Why is the state involved?
DOBSON: Well, it's both. It is both.

KING: But we have a separation of church and state.

DOBSON: Beg your pardon?

KING: We have a separation of church and state.

DOBSON: Who says?

I certainly hope Dobson's response was fuller than this. The truth is that there is a separation of church and state. They are separate institutions with separated powers. At times they may overlap. Nevertheless, for Dobson to imply there isn't is contradictory to his own statement of "It is both."

I didn't see this conversation so I will give Dobson the benefit of the doubt he was able to clarify himself.