LGBT activists protested about a field hospital set up in New York’s Central Park in March because of its Christian statement of faith.
Samaritan’s Purse (SP), an evangelical Christian organisation run by Franklin Graham, set up the 68-bed crisis centre to treat Covid-19 patients. Reclaim Pride Coalition claim the hospital is ‘spreading hate’ because its volunteers sign a statement of faith which includes the biblical view of marriage.
New York State Senator Brad Hoylman claimed SP was hostile towards LGBTQ people, noting that the federal government put the city in the ‘position of having to accept charity from bigots’.
