Perhaps the last time government and religion truly mixed was from 1920 to 1933 during the era of the Volstead Act.

Except for the fact that it led to untold numbers of murders, the rise of the KKK and the firm establishment of organized crime in the US the whole mixing of government and religion worked out quite well.

By that I mean things were so bad under Republican rule that FDR was elected to more terms then any President before or since and many of the New Deal policies he put into place are with us today.

"Be careful of what you wish for. You just might get it!" The Pussycat Dolls