Berlin declares circumcision legal, but only if performed by a doctor — not as a ritual

Times of Israel ^ | 9/5/12 | Staff

[tarheelswamprat]

Thanks for the correction. I should have looked it up instead of trusting my memory... /g

[MurrietaMadman]

Came across this website http://salem-news.com/articles/august072012/german-circ-ban-rm.php last week while looking into ant-FGM legislation in the U.S.

I’m not promoting the message and I wouldn’t know where to start looking to verify the statements made about the techniques employed in ancient circumcision. Neither do I know enough about Mosaic Law to question the author’s position.

He makes a reasonable argument that anti-FGM legislation could be ruled unconstitutional but being obviously anti-circumcision it looks as if his point is the legislation is not inclusive enough.

Aside from the impact on American Judaism if the more inclusive law is made, another concern could be, especially with the growing islamic influence in the U.S., would be that if the States anti-FGM legislation is ruled against, an updated version would be delayed into oblivion. A big score for muslim maniacs.

Add in the expected National Health Care impact it looks like this issue isn’t such a small matter.

[GOPJ]

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