Gov. Rick Perry, on a Tuesday conference call with fellow evangelicals, chided church-state separation as a Satan-fueled myth, urged “Christian soldiers” to march to the polls and accepted thanks for ending the drought.

The comments came in a call (hear it at bit.ly/
Uk0jjB) that was part of “40 Days to Save America,” a “national call to prayer, fasting and repentance” that begins Sept. 28 and runs through Election Day. Perry told call participants the nation is engaged in “spiritual warfare.”