Even after a federal court found that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo violated the religious freedom of New Yorkers by unconstitutionally restricting their right to worship, De Blasio is apparently unrepentant. The court opinion stated the politicians "openly discouraged religious gatherings and threatened religious worshippers...[yet] sent a clear message that mass protests are deserving of preferential treatment."

Yet in a CNN interview broadcast on July 1, De Blasio said the protests and the churches were really "apples and oranges" because the protests have such "profound meaning."

This statement is particularly noteworthy as it reveals that the mayor does not believe synagogues, churches and houses of worship have "profound meaning."

This is not surprising coming from a mayor who personally broke up an Orthodox Jewish funeral and who later padlocked the playgrounds in the city's largest Jewish neighborhoods. All this while De Blasio welcomed BLM and Antifa rioters to use their First Amendment rights to fill the streets, scream obscenities, and harass Jews and police officers alike.

In Bill de Blasio's town, only one group of people have First Amendment rights... and it is not the city's religious faithful.

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