separation of church and state - a christian perspective please.

An article published today on the world socialist website will be of interest to members of EvC (whatever their political persuasions - please don't be scared off by the S word). US Supreme Court weakens church/state separation in Ten Commandments rulingsThe author, John Andrews, argues that the separation of church and state in the US is under challenge from right-wing members of the supreme court.I find all this rather distressing, but am heartened by the fact that the Christians I have met on this forum are generally more in favour of church/state separation than the ideologues in the high court.I would be interested to know from Christian members why they think people like Scalia want to move towards uniting church and state in the US, when the major churches appear (to me) to be happy with the traditional status quo. Can any American members tell me what is the "thought on the street" amongst their congregations to this type of judicial behaviour? Does the "average Christian" want to unite church and state in the US, or is the average Christian happy with a separation?CheersMick