In their eyes if a person who goes to church holds public office that person has "crossed the line of Separation between Church and State." These secularists refuse to accept the fact that civic responsiblilty is a moral value.
In [secularist] eyes if a person who goes to church holds public office that person has "crossed the line of Separation between Church and State."... and of course they are hoping thus to keep church-attending people out of public office so there will be more secularist office-holders. If that is what they say, it is rather self-serving.