[A New York City public swimming pool is] unmoored from the laws of New York City and the Constitution, and commonly held principles of fairness and equal access… Orthodox Jewish beliefs demand modesty in dress, and a strict separation of the sexes, and those are the beliefs to which the taxpayer-owned-and-operated Metropolitan Recreation Center will yield [in mandating sex-segregated swimming hours].
[The city cannot let stand this] religious intrusion into a secular space. [The city should] immediately end religious segregation in the pools…
Let those who cannot abide public, secular rules at a public, secular pool find their own private place to swim…
Bravo, New York Times.