The Seperation of Church And Skate Lyrics Meaning

Church is a METAPHOR (not mediphore) for punk. i.e. it's holy, it's a lifestyle, it's something that people feel very passionate about and have dedicated their lives to.

Skate is a metaphor for "cool", "trendy", "fashionable".

And so the song is about the need to separate this lifestyle that means everything to a great many people from that which has watered it down into a commodity. Seen as something "cool", a trend that is consumable, that people can dip in and out of.

The intro explains it all very succinctly. ..."amusement park", "matinee". What it is saying is that going to a "punk rock show" has become just a fun, safe, family-friendly activity (note "punk rock show" also refers to the whole culture of punk). One that a dad would happily take his children to much the same as going to the cinema or an amusement park... a fun throwaway activity to pass the time.

The line about beer, speed, fries and coke is about how punk has changed to some extent, or rather how it appears in mainstream media and culture. But it is also about the culture is consumed now. It is carelessly consumed like McDonalds (or any other fast food multinational). It is fed to us like a product that we mindlessly consume one day and move onto something else the next. 'don't think about it too much, just eat it up and enjoy'.
And this is what Fat Mike is pissed about. It used to be just for wild carefree kids who lived and breathed it.

It is this poetry, these lines that in so few words say so much, multiple meanings, that make NOFX genius. Punk stalwarts.

also, what is "ampathy"? It's apathy, look it up.

Suggested reading/listening "it's my job to keep punk rock elite" (it's not ironic), and "dinosaurs will die", might give you all a better understanding of what NOFX and punk and this song is about