[Ken H]

Sorry, but if the framers were still here they could tell you that church and state were intended to be united and not divided.

James Madison:

Strongly guarded as is the separation between Religion & Govt in the Constitution of the United States, the danger of encroachment by Ecclesiastical Bodies may be illustrated by precedents already furnished in their short history.

James Madison, Detached Memoranda ca. 1817
W. & M. Q., 3d ser., 3:554--60 1946

--http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_religions64.html

[DeLaVerdad]

Separation “between,” not separation “of” or “from” ...