NYC mayor asserts divine mandate

(RT) ⸻ New Yorkers have slammed Mayor Eric Adams for declaring himself anointed by God, dismissing the separation of church and state, and blaming student shootings on a lack of prayer in schools. He was speaking at an Interfaith Prayer Breakfast at the New York Public Library on Tuesday, declaring "State is the body, church is the heart, and when we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools." He also promised that homelessness and domestic violence would be gone from the city "if we were bringing our best fight in the ring." Adams' comments did not appear to be improvised, with his aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin introducing him to the assembled religious leaders as a mayor whose government "doesn't believe" in separating church and state. Rabbi Abby Stein told the New York Times that she and several people sharing her table had reacted with immediate horror as the mayor's "unhinged and dangerous" remarks washed over them.