“When we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools,” he said. The phrase “separation of church and state” is not in the Constitution, but the First Amendment’s statement that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” has been widely interpreted to dictate such a separation. ‘God bless Mayor Adams’: But not everyone criticized the comments. In fact, Adams won “a new group of fans: Orthodox Jews and evangelical Christians, whose leaders lauded the liberal Democrat,” according to the Washington Times’ Mark A. Kellner. “I believe much of the chaos we’re seeing in our country today results from trying to be good without God, and such a thing is totally impossible,” Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, told Kellner.

Source: New York Times March 03, 2023 11:51 UTC