New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) defended his recent remarks where he asserted that gun violence in public schools started 'when we took prayers out of schools.'
New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended his recent remarks where he asserted that gun violence in public schools started"when we took prayers out of schools."
Many progressives slammed his comments, angered at the prospect of impeding upon the separation of church and state, but Adams countered Sunday that he believes"government should not interfere with religion and religion should not interfere with government.""Faith is who I am," Adams told CNN's State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.
When asked about whether he believed in a separation of church and state, Adams replied,"No, what I believe is that you cannot separate your faith," before underscoring that religion and government should not"interfere" with one another. "I believe my faith pushes me forward on how I govern and the things that I do," he added."My faith is how I carry out the practices that I do, policies such as [with] people who are homeless, such as making sure that we show compassion.""The last words I said after I was sworn in is 'so help me God.' On our dollar bill, we have 'In God we trust.' Every president touched a religious book when they were sworn in except for three," Adams said.
"When we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools. 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," Adams said, per Politico.
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