GOP

New Yorkers blast Cruz comments on ‘New York values’

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — When Ted Cruz sneered at what he called Donald Trump's "New York values" in the Republican presidential debate Thursday, some New Yorkers took it very personally. And some responded about the way you'd expect New Yorkers to react.

The ever-combative Daily News hit the streets with a big front-page illustration of the Statue of Liberty making an obscene gesture under the headline: "DROP DEAD, TED."

Episcopal Church U.S. leader sticks to gay marriage stand
Faith

Episcopal Church U.S. leader sticks to gay marriage stand

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said Friday the U.S. Episcopal Church will not roll back its acceptance of gay marriage despite sanctions imposed this week by Anglican leaders.

In a phone interview from England, where he attended the gathering of top Anglican archbishops, Curry said he told his fellow leaders they should expect no change. The top Episcopal legislative body, called General Convention, last year voted overwhelmingly to authorize same-sex marriage ceremonies in church. In response, Anglican leaders Thursday stripped the Episcopal Church of any role in deciding doctrine or determining how the Anglican Communion operates for three years, effectively reducing the church to observer status in the 85 million-member global fellowship.

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