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I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.

I think church and state should remain entirely separate at all costs, and that the decision of religious marriage should be of each faith to debate and decide free of political influence.

I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena.

I do believe in the separation of church and state. But I don't think separation of church and state means you have to be free from your faith.

We have this idea in our minds that there's this separation of church and state in America, which I think is a good thing. And we extend that to our politics - not just church and state, but it's also there's a separation of religion and politics. But of course there isn't.

Quite often you hear people say, 'What about separation of church and state?' There is no such thing.

Government needs to stay out of the religion business altogether.

The separation of church and state was meant to protect church from state; a state that declares religion off limits in public life is a state that declares itself supreme over all religious values.

I just don't like the separatism that comes from religion, and, without fail, the need to put your beliefs on someone else. When you start telling someone else how to live, you should check yourself, man.

I believe in the separation of church and state, absolutely. But I don't believe in the separation of public life from our values, our basic values, and for many of us, our religious values.