I tried to make sure in my messages to never mix religion with politics and called for SA to stop that practice, an IC view we had of them.
I am not sure what Amandil said in private messages but he was the one to order the rape and pillaging when most of us found ways to not follow (Oops, I am a Cavalier and do not have that option, sorry) those Orders while publicly calling him out against them. I believe (I cannot remember since it has been so long) I sent him a private message about those Orders as Archon but it was not heeded.
Since we're in medieval times, asking for a separation for religion and politics is like asking for a separation of politics and science nowadays. People would just be like, "the !@#$ is this guy on about?"