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"We have a separation of church and state in this country."

"I don't tell church officials what to do," he says, "and church officials shouldn't tell American politicians what to do in the context of our public life."

Kerry can cite separation of church and state all he wants. The supposed doctrine places no restriction on the church, only the government. Excommunication wouldn't be telling him what to do. It would just be telling him (and the rest of the world) where he stands in the eyes of the Catholic Church.

Wouldn't it be nice if the Catholic Church wasn't so beholden to the power of the wealthy.

"Separation of church and state", actual meaning: No government-sponsored and funded national church that citizens had to attend, a la the Anglican Church in England.
"Separation of church and state", John Kerry and Bill Clinton style: No overt display of anything related to sprituality in public because we believe in the deity of government and of ourselves, not of God. You need to be worshipping us. We're your saviours. Worship government and rely on government to take care of your needs, not some silly God. Besides, religion is just for low class peasants who aren't sophisticated enough to own guns and are threatening to us because they won't lay down and be good, stupid, TV-injected slaves...and look the other way when we do whatever we want, whenever we want, regardless of how questionable, amoral, evil, anti-Constitutional, treasonous, criminal or disgusting it is because we know what's best for you and your god doesn't.