There’s a way around this besides that, K2K, and if there was a patriot in the Presidency (or in the mayor of NYC, or the panel which originally made this decision) then it would have been quickly and easily done already.

Reason: This isn’t about right to worship. It’s about appropriate zoning. And, of course, a lot more than that, but that is speaking to the “constitutionality” of it. No one has a constitutional right to place a building anywhere they like that is disruptive to the community.

Anybody with authority who has any sense should be figuring a way around it right now. Because this is bad, bad, bad for all concerned. No peace or understanding will come from it. (And I believe none was ever intended in the first place.)