21. Our founding fathers made it absolutely clear that they wanted a wall of separation between church and state , 22. Future President Thomas Jefferson spoke of a " wall of separation between church and state ." 23. Princehouse said the lesson plan is a small but significant encroachment on the separation between church and state . 24. They voted for abortion rights, affirmative action and a high wall of separation between church and state . 25. In a dissenting opinion, Judge Robert King said the law erodes the separation between church and state . 26. The Bush administration takes a broad view of the United States'constitutional separation between church and state . 27. Thomas Jefferson called for a " wall of separation between church and state " at the federal level. 28. The Supreme Court just put a big dent in the wall of separation between church and state ." 29. These secularists have embraced an understanding of the Constitution as mandating a wall of separation between church and state . 30. It was result-oriented jurisprudence meant to knock a hole in the wall of separation between church and state .