separation of church and state: yes or no?

Today I inadvertently found myself caught in the middle of an email controversy regarding a very sensitive subject: defining marriage under the law-

 Sec. 32.  (a)  Marriage in this state shall consist only of 

the union of one man and one woman.

        (b)  This state or a political subdivision of this state may 

not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to 

marriage.

I received an email from a girl I don't know very well. I was encouraged by her to vote in favor of the above proposition to stop the "liberal activists who are chipping away at our religious liberties and freedoms." When I read her email, I wondered if she really meant what she was saying. One person responded back and thanked her for sending the email but concluded that he didn't really support her reminder to vote for the proposition (being one of those 'liberals'). Then another person I don't know wrote back addressing his email to "those who are genuine seekers of God's truth." This was starting to sound like the New Jersey Governor name-calling ads I've had to watch. I can't believe these emails sent back and forth between Christians. It makes me wonder- should politics and religion overlap? Christians take religion into politics, but should we take politics into religion?