Depemds on what seperate means. The government is suppose to not pass religious laws or regulate religion. They can however praise God and declare an official day of prayer..while they cant mandate anybody pray or regulate how they pray. In short, the be openly thankful to God and pray etc, but cant pass laws about religion. So the words “separation of church and state” are not true in all the senses modern Americans sometimes think. Holding as a “self evident” “truth” that God exists and is why governments should respect the rights of all is foundational to our governments principals....thougb it certainly involves what modern Americans would call a religious point of view.
yes!
They can make NO LAWS but letting people have a Christmas tree or putting the 10 commandments (good rules to live by0 in a building are NOT ‘creating laws’