[Kitana85]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

What about the separation of curch and state?

Read the Constitution, there is no seperation of church and state. That entire idea is a misinterpretion of the first amendment which states that there will be no offical National religion (ie The Church of England, R Catholocism in France and Italy), and that they national government can not prohibit a religion, or any group for practicing their own religion (incidentally, the local governemnt, constitutionally, can).

The Seperation of church and state was an idea enforced my Jefferson and Madison, latter much more strongly. Indeed, until Madison's presidency, previous executives had declared National Days of Prayer.