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To the editor:

Mayor Eric Adams is not an attorney, but he holds one of the most important government jobs in the nation. As the mayor of New York City he holds what has been called the second-most difficult job in the nation. Therefore, his casual dismissal of the First Amendment of the Constitution protecting the separation of church and state is extremely troubling to all those who value individual freedom and protection from religious fanaticism and persecution.  

Adams’ linking crime, poor student reading rates, and guns in schools to a lack of religious faith shows Adams’ ignorance of historical and legal precedents, and the significant dangers of letting religious beliefs control political and judicial considerations.

Adams’ suggestion that his path to the mayoralty was divinely ordained has been used by ignorant leaders and ruthless autocrats and dictators since primitive civilizations existed. If one disagrees with Adams on a serious social or political issue, will he or she be called an infidel, a heretic or a libertine?

Michael J. Gorman 

Gorman is an attorney

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