Vegetarian Cheese

Non-kosher milk can't become cheese or butter. Many reasons are given in the Gemara for the gezeirah against cheese made by a non-Jew. Why didn't the Sanhedrin explain the reason?

Cheese made with non-animal rennet is subject to the prohibition of גבינת עכו"ם because it's a gezeirah (and we don't uproot gezeirot). Why was this gezeirah enacted and why does it remain? Can a gezeirah ever be uprooted?

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Delivered at the OU Israel Center, March 6th, 2019, 29 Adar I 5779