SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE - what the Founders really intended!

The debate over separation of church and state has been raging for many decades while the Christian Church has allowed a totally foreign interpretation of the original intent to shape public policy. This has led to a deconstruction of the fundamental truths that are at the very core of justice and rule of law for our great republic. What was the original intent of the separation of church and state as intended by the Founding Fathers, and what role did natural law and the Bible play in the founding documents and our republican form of government?