Skeptics I no longer have any respect for.

[Shell B]

I do not mean to be rude but the separation between church and state seems rather one sided considering every-time I listen to a political statement in an election I hear God mentioned in more or less every single one. Infact I remember more than one war where his name was invoked in a presidential speech.
Sounds like the state got screwed on this deal.

Perhaps. However, the ideal has nothing to do with politicians having particular beliefs. It has to do with religion being something that the government cannot dictate.