I don't see a problem with church services held at a school as long as it's outside of school hours & isn't 'advertised' or any other way affiliated with the school.

It seems harmless to me.

The only benign reason I can think of is that the city is trying to maintain control over their property. There are thousands of schools, hundreds of religions and millions of people in NYC who can seek to use the City's facilities. This particular case appears to turn on the City's definition of worship, which they want to keep as the key to entering the facilities. This opinion holds their definition violates the First Amendment. Whatever the reason, this particular litigation has been going on for more than a decade.

city spending tax payer's money fighting loosing battles against freedom and civil liberties.

when nobody but the parishioners are there? I assume they are paying some rent. I have though of the waste of schools sitting empty 3 months per year..Sometimes the over sensitivity of the separation crowd seems like a huge waste of time and money. I don't want them proselytizing while the school is in session either..this looks like simply a facility rental. If there is a policy allowing rental of the facility, I believe it would be discriminatory not to allow churches to participate.

At least as long as they're paying the same rent as any other group, and that a preference isn't being shown to the religious groups over secular groups.

as an opportunity to proselytize, by "accidentally" leaving religious materials behind for students to find Monday morning. The first time that happened, they'd be gone for good, and fuck the court ruling. Other than that, no reason it should be a problem.

They also shouldn't be allowed to promote hate through their use of the facility.

Empty public buildings should be available for community purposes.