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Field Hospital Inside St. John the Divine Halted Over Group's Anti-Gay Beliefs
GothamistA plan to turn the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine into an overflow facility for COVID-19 patients has been called off, following an ideological impasse between the fundamentalist evangelical organization tapped to run the facility and leaders of the Manhattan cathedral.
Samaritan's Purse, led by the homophobic and anti-Muslim preacher Franklin Graham, has drawn criticism from many New Yorkers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, since opening a 68-bed field hospital in Central Park. The group demands all health care workers and volunteers adhere to an anti-gay statement of faith, and has allegedly turned away people over their sexual preferences.
Leaders of St. John the Divine told Gothamist the church "did not quite understand how strict their tenets were" when they agreed to partner with Samaritan's Purse on a temporary hospital for overflow patients from Mount Sinai.
Although efforts to erect the medical facilities in the massive Morningside Church already begun, the project was called off on Thursday, "given how important the cathedral is to many different constituencies, including LGBTQ community," according to Lisa Schubert, the cathedral’s vice president of programming and external relations. The church has a history progressive activism, including humanitarian work during the AIDs crisis. Its altarpiece was designed by Keith Haring.
Samaritan's Purse, led by the homophobic and anti-Muslim preacher Franklin Graham, has drawn criticism from many New Yorkers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, since opening a 68-bed field hospital in Central Park. The group demands all health care workers and volunteers adhere to an anti-gay statement of faith, and has allegedly turned away people over their sexual preferences.
Leaders of St. John the Divine told Gothamist the church "did not quite understand how strict their tenets were" when they agreed to partner with Samaritan's Purse on a temporary hospital for overflow patients from Mount Sinai.
Although efforts to erect the medical facilities in the massive Morningside Church already begun, the project was called off on Thursday, "given how important the cathedral is to many different constituencies, including LGBTQ community," according to Lisa Schubert, the cathedral’s vice president of programming and external relations. The church has a history progressive activism, including humanitarian work during the AIDs crisis. Its altarpiece was designed by Keith Haring.
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