“Don’t tell me about no separation of church and state. State is the body. Church is the heart. You take the heart out of the body, the body dies,’’ Mayor Eric Adams said.
for a more spiritual Big Apple at an annual breakfast of faith-based leaders in Manhattan.
“I can’t separate my belief because I’m an elected official. When I walk, I walk with God. When I talk, I talk with God. When I put policies in place, I put them in with a God-like approach to them. That’s who I am.” The Bill of Rights guarantees the separation of Church and State, and requiring prayer in public schools was outlawed in 1962.“In order for our government to truly represent us, it must not favor any belief over another, including non-belief,’’ the New York Civil Liberties Union“On matters of faith, the Mayor is entitled to his own beliefs. On the Constitution, he must uphold his oath.”
Meanwhile, Adams said it is a “Shakespearean tragedy’’ when city residents don’t explore and appreciate the Big Apple.
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