California – SERIOUSLY? .. Now a STATE law on circumcision?

cbs47 ^ | 7-20-11 | cakid1

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By now, you’ve no-doubt heard that residents in San Francisco want to vote on banning circumcision for male children. As if that was not controversial enough - now the state is getting involved.

That’s right… Assembly Bill 768 - would apply to any city or county government. Its being introduced in response to a San Francisco ballot measure. AB 768 is designed to derail the San Francisco measure - if its approved by voters.

"To enact an outright ban on an expression of personal, medical and religious freedom is an affront to all who value liberty," said Assemblyman Mike Gatto, a Los Angeles Democrat who proposed AB 768.

"San Francisco's first-of-its-kind initiative has drawn national attention for targeting circumcision, removal of the male foreskin, a practice that has biblical roots and that many believe was commanded by God in a covenant with Abraham."

(If San Francisco's initiative is approved and enacted, violators could be jailed for a year, fined $1,000 -- or both.)

"The city's measure would put the police department and politicians in charge of who can and cannot get circumcised," Ma said. "We should not be putting government in that position."

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Circumcision” is for butcher of babies.

Muhammad?

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