Do you (or) would you like to live in a secular state?

I'm from Australia and live in the United States; both are technically secular states, but the United States, in particular, seems to have a very vaguely defined line of separation. I see an enormous amount of religious influence in political matters. How can there be true secualrization when the government itself sponsors "faith based" initiatives? To my thinking, the truly secular state should be absolutely dissociated from religious comment, in any form. I like what you have described in France, and would enjoy that kind of state. Of course, I'd love France simply because it is the home of the lovely Katya! :)