There is not a seperation of religion and state to protect the state, it's to protect religion. That is to say, if the state favores one religion over another, it is a detriment to all the other religions.

No one is saying don't be religious, it's just that people that are nonreligious shouldn't have to be subjected to other peoples religons. Regardless if that religion is popular or the majority of society subscribes to that religion.

There is a perfectly good reason the framers of the constitution removed the bias of religion from the political processes.

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