The separation of Church and State is more about our country cannot tell us to follow one religion. In old Britain, the Kings would tell the people what religion they had to follow. We are free here to choose our own religion. That is what the separation means.
It's more we cannot use religion as basis for governing.
Otherwise, one day some guy could come along and be like "yeah my religion says we have to stone my wife to death because she dressed provocatively" and make that legal
The separation of Church and State is more about our country cannot tell us to follow one religion. In old Britain, the Kings would tell the people what religion they had to follow. We are free here to choose our own religion. That is what the separation means.
It's more we cannot use religion as basis for governing.
Otherwise, one day some guy could come along and be like "yeah my religion says we have to stone my wife to death because she dressed provocatively" and make that legal