What, did the mayor think they were going to show up with salt and trans-fats? Apparently, there are to be no prayers offered at this event.
Bloomberg: No Clergy, No FDNY -UPDATE
Check this quotation:
"First Responders and Clergyfolk are not very important to the powerful and the enlightened. They only protect us, rescue us, resuscitate us, console us, pray with us, bless us and bury us. And when they die doing it, well, one does feel terrible about it for a whole news cycle or two. And then one takes a private jet somewhere, and tries to forget…"
Please read this in its entirety.
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