<p>New York City Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> lamented a lack of prayer in schools while decrying the scourge of gun violence on Tuesday.</p>
<p>During remarks at an interfaith breakfast, <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/139-23/transcript-mayor-adams-hosts-delivers-remarks-interfaith-breakfast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adams spoke about</a> the intersection of faith and realizing one&#8217;s full potential. He said people going to places of worship, regardless of religion, can help alleviate the city&#8217;s various problems, such as homelessness and domestic violence.</p>
<p>&#8220;When we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools,&#8221; he added to a round of applause.</p>
<p>Later in his speech, Adams echoed his chief adviser and Christian chaplain, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who delivered remarks before him at the event and said the mayor&#8217;s administration &#8220;doesn&#8217;t believe&#8221; in the separation of church and state, <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook-pm/2023/02/28/eric-adams-when-we-took-prayers-out-of-schools-guns-came-into-schools-00084832" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to POLITICO</a>.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">“When we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools.”</p>
<p>— NYC Mayor Eric Adams (D) speaking at the New York Public Library interfaith breakfast <a href="https://t.co/2GkxKCB5bX">pic.twitter.com/2GkxKCB5bX</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The Recount (@therecount) <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1630613690058784773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t tell me about no separation of church and state,&#8221; Adams said. &#8220;State is the body. Church is the heart. You take the heart out of the body, the body dies.&#8221;</p>
<p>The assertions by Adams sparked outrage from some, including from the <a href="https://www.nyclu.org/en/press-releases/nyclu-reaction-mayor-adams-remarks-separation-church-and-state" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ACLU of New York</a>.</p>
<p>“We are a nation and a city of many faiths and no faith,&#8221; said NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman. &#8220;In order for our government to truly represent us, it must not favor any belief over another, including non-belief.&#8221;</p>
<p>Others voiced agreement with Adams. &#8220;Strange to agree with Mayor Adams, but here we are,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1630701610916810759" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk</a>.</p>
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<p>A spokesperson for Adams dismissed the notion that the mayor was promoting anything improper.</p>
<p>&#8220;The policies we make as an administration are rooted in the mayor&#8217;s belief in the creator. The mayor personally believes all of our faiths would ensure we are humane to one another,&#8221; said Fabien Levy, the mayor&#8217;s press secretary, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/mayor-eric-adams-comments-at-interfaith-breakfast-on-separation-of-church-and-state-rankle-many/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CBS News</a>. &#8220;While everyone in the room immediately understood what the mayor meant, it&#8217;s unfortunate that some have attempted to hijack the narrative in an effort to misrepresent the mayor&#8217;s comments.&#8221;</p>

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