Separation of You and Yourself

"This is a little prayer dedicated to the separation of church and state. I guess if they are going to force those kids to pray in schools they might as well have a nice prayer like this: Our Father who art in heaven, and to the republic for which it stands, thy kingdom come, one nation indivisible as in heaven, give us this day as we forgive those who so proudly we hail. Crown thy good into temptation but deliver us from the twilight's last gleaming. Amen and Awomen." ~George Carlin

I stumbled across the quote today and it brought about a question in my mind and reminded me of a conversation I had with my father junior year of high school. Can there ever truly be a separation of church and state?

Being a religious person means you live that way. You believe things, whether most think they are right or wrong. And it is part of you and you cannot separate yourself from it. If you cannot persay separate yourself from what is a part of you, how are you supposed to separate it from the decision you make as a government official? It baffels me that some people think they there can be a clear division between church and state, when in fact, as far as I am concerned...it is quite impossible.