Fired Up, briefly

I woke up this morning all fired up about the local state of affairs. The sight of religious protesters at City Hall with signs pronouncing their fellow human beings "abomonations of God" really upset me. How do these people sleep at night after such un-Christian behavior? The phrase "separation of church and state" does not exist in our Constitution, but nevertheless, the church has no say in legislative matters... that is, it shouldn't have a say. If the basis of your case rests in the Bible, then you have no case.
I wonder how different this country would be if our president was an atheist. What does religious belief, or in this case - lack of religious belief, have to do with patriotism?