31. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that the selective exemption violated the constitutional separation between church and state . 32. While some find such stories outrageous, others point to the need to maintain the separation between church and state . 33. Ironically, the trust undermined some of the principles that Clarke cherished, particularly the separation between church and state . 34. Williams'statement may well be this nation's first conception of the wall of separation between church and state . 35. Those who argue that the wall of separation between church and state has made us a godless nation ignore the reality. 36. Officials said the government could not justify financing mosques when it is striving for a greater separation between church and state . 37. The purpose of the First Amendment, said Thomas Jefferson, was to build a wall of separation between church and state . 38. The appeals court said the university could not give money to the students without violating the constitutional separation between church and state . 39. "I think their strident allegiance to the Bush administration raises questions about separation between church and state , " he said. 40. If there is a separation between church and state , what is his official duty in talking to all these religious groups?
