Would you have any objection to Satanists who want to sacrifice a child to their god?
OK, you say, killing a child is not allowed. But how about cutting him up just a little? This won't hurt much, they promise. Just one tablespoon of blood. Is that OK?
Before you go to the First Amendment you need to look at an earlier document that says something about "the pursuit of Happiness." I cannot understand how a child can pursue happiness by having a part of his body cut off forever, without him having any say in the matter. Or, perhaps, we are talking about the parents pursuing their happiness by cutting up their child? I usually use a different word to describe such people.
This practice actually creeps into adjacent areas of law. For example, it is now becoming legal for parents to perform sex change surgery on their children. Is that OK too? You see, if the parents can do A then they can do B and C and D... More than one case is known of people killing their own children by following their religious rituals, such as refusing medical help. But the wellbeing of the child should be, of course, the prime concern. Nothing drastic should be done to a child that is not medically required. When the child grows up he will be able to decide for himself what rituals he wants; that will be done willingly, and it will have religious meaning. You wouldn't like it, I guess, if your parents decided to tattoo the image of FSM on your chest when you were a child just because they happened to believe in FSM at that time? Would that make you a believer in FSM? Would you wear a colander?
Satanists killing their child? Cutting their child for blood? Sex change (sic) surgery? What do those have to do with circumcision?? Those are evil things.
Circumcision is not evil. It’s good.
And perhaps that’s why some people don’t like it.
Comparing circumcision with child sacrifice? Really? Wonder what other types of people would do that . . .