Mayor Eric Adams said Sunday that religion and government should not "interfere" with one another, but pointedly declined to say that they should be "separate."
Local religious leaders and community activists criticized Adams, saying the Mayor was way off base with his remarks dismissing the notion of a clear line of demarcation laid out by the nation’s founding fathers.
Organizers say; "for too long the country has allowed a small but loud group from the religious right to dominate the narrative around abortion and religion."