So let's slash their federal aid by 37%

Get outta here!

NYC drives out “homophobic” Samaritan’s Purse hospital because the organization doesn’t approve of gay marriages.

Last I heard, there were no requests for a gay marriage ceremony to be conducted in the Central Park tents, and Samaritan’s Purse never turned down a patient based on race, creed, or the color of his mumu., but never mind; if you don’t condone gay marriage, the city doesn’t want your help.

The Village Sun reported that Mount Sinai initially invited some of the Samaritan’s Purse medical staff to stay on at Beth Israel Hospital to continue working: “40 Christian medical personnel from Samaritan’s Purse will take up residence in the Gramercy hospital, where they will treat critically ill patients, presumably those with COVID-19. They’ll sport their Samaritan’s Purse scrubs, complete with the group’s logo.”

The invitation enraged State Senator Brad Hoylman, who represents the district where Beth Israel is located. Hoylman is the only openly gay member of the State Senate.

“Now that the USNS Comfort has set sail and the temporary hospital at the Javits Center is closing its doors shortly, Franklin Graham should pack up his medical tents and leave New York City for good,” Hoylman said in a press release Friday. “It was bad enough that Donald Trump’s failure to prepare the nation for this pandemic forced New York to accept charity from a bigot like Franklin Graham. Inviting Graham to stay on longer is an insult to LGBTQ New Yorkers and sends the dangerous message that homophobia and transphobia are acceptable.”

“It is time for Samaritan's Purse to leave NYC,” City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said on Twitter Friday.

Gallup reports that 63% of American adults think gay marriage should be legal, so presumably 37% of the federal aid sent to New York is sourced from bigots — we should spare NYC from being forced to choose between accepting tainted money and standing up to homophobic taxpayers, and just deduct it off the top.