“When individuals, regardless of vocation or title, grant license to women to don tefillin, nolens volens, they validate the insidiousness of egalitarianism.”
I think what I’m not sure about here is “license” and “validate”. Our society (for good or evil) has allowed itself to use pesakim as a means to validate their behavior, both on the left and the right. Mostly, this is a bad thing, as one needs to have their own Rov who can pasken based on their own needs. I’m also very concerned about this concept being adopted by others who will twist it for their own purposes. I still don’t see a single psak in what is explicitly explained to be an exception validating actions by others, but after thinking about it am also aware that my view is clouded by my values of the individual psak which society does not share.
All that being said, if Rabbi Twerski feels that he would rather allow these girls go to a conservative school due to fear of allowing an opening for anti-Torah values, its not my place to argue. I’m glad that I don’t have to make that decision.