Circumcision Ban to Appear on San Francisco Ballot

http://online.wsj.com ^ | 05/18/2011 | AP

[massmike]

A group seeking to ban the circumcision of male children in San Francisco has succeeded in getting their controversial measure on the November ballot, meaning voters will be asked to weigh in on what until now has been a private family matter.

City elections officials confirmed Wednesday that the initiative had received enough signatures to appear on the ballot, getting more than 7,700 valid signatures from city residents. Initiatives must receive at least 7,168 signatures to qualify.

If the measure passes, circumcision would be prohibited among males under the age of 18. The practice would become a misdemeanor offense punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 or up to one year in jail. There would be no religious exemptions.

[hellbender]

Conservatives should consider that if this law is overturned on grounds of unconstitutionality, then laws against female genital mutilation could also be ruled out, on the grounds of the "equal protection" clause.

Another fact to consider is that the vast majority of infant circumcisions are done on Gentiles.

[PJ-Comix]

Anything involving the penis is the highest issue in San Francisco.

LOL! Penis obsession was actually the topic of tonight's new episode of South Park.

[RoadKingSE]

Establishing health laws restricting the anal gymnastics practiced by the @$$ pirates overrunning Pelosi World..well that would be an invasion of privacy and so unenlightened and politically incorrect. Harumph. But lets save those foreskins girls.

[TheBattman]

And, in case anyone has questions about “why” this is an issue specifically to San Fagcisco... well.... I just can’t go there without puking...

[PJ-Comix]

Please, please can we call it a "tallywhacker"? Penis is so ppp... penis is so personal.

[TheBattman]

You have a point...

[MikeyB806]

Circumcision has been shown to prevent HIV transmission during HETEROSEXUAL sex. It has been shown to NOT have the same protective effect during HOMOSEXUAL sex.

NOW do you understand why they want to outlaw it in SF and why they tried the same thing in Gay-Marriage-Massachusetts?

Homosexuals hate it when heterosexuals have an advantage over them, like, you know, procreation.

[tet68]

Hey, get series, cut it out, er off.

[hellbender]

Circumcision does not prevent HIV transmission in any form of sex. Only abstinence and monogamy prevent HIV. The evidence for alleged health benefits of circumcision is pseudoscientific crap, just like that for anthropogenic global warming.

[MikeyB806]

Well, there have been studies conducted that could certainly persuade one to believe that circumcision can prevent HIV transmission in hetereosexuals and not so in homosexuals. E.g.,
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=circumcision-and-aids

True or not, if homosexuals perceive it as true, then that would make sense as to why Gay Francisco would make this such a priority; though I tend to agree with the poster who said that homos just like the way uncut dicks look.

[secondamendmentkid]

Gee whiz, being a queer must be next.

[Ghengis]

At first glance I believed the headline to read:
Circumcision Ban to Appear on San Francisco Ballet

I thought it must have something to do with those tights.

[hellbender]

In that study, the risk of catching HIV by circumcised men is still very high. Even condoms don't "prevent" HIV. Why should babies be circumcised "to prevent AIDS", anyway. The circumstition lobby keeps coming up with new excuses to practice this barbaric custom. It used to be claimed that circumcision prevented penile cancer. Well, penile cancer does not strike young men, is vanishingly rare, and like HIV, us often associated with STDs and other evidence of promiscuity. I'll say it again: abstinence and strict faithful monogamy prevent HIV and all other forms of STDs. Nothing else does.

The biggest practicers of genital mutilation, male and female, are Muslims and certain primitive African cultures. That ought to make you think. The New Testament actually preaches against circumcision.

[fwdude]

I swear, every sane soul should leave that toilet behind.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

It looks like Schofield found 7,700 other pricks in San Francisco to oppose male circumcision. It figures. He’s probably a cross-dressing male impersonator who wishes he had the right tools. Or he is a liberal Democrat? Am I being repdundant?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

“Tallywhacker” - “Porky’s” (the first movie) or was it the second? (The principal said it).

[FredZarguna]

If you think the "penumbra" of Roe v. Wade applies to anyone but women, try having a vasectomy without your wife's consent, or try to assert your rights as a father over a woman's right to "choose," or try claiming that you have a right to preserve fertilized embryos, or ...

The penumbra doesn't cover anyone with a Y chromosome.

[FredZarguna]

In those cases, the state must show a “compelling interest” to overturn a religious objection. It’s hard to see what compelling interest an incorporation of the State of California has in this matter.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

This is going to be a big waste of time and money to put this on the ballot. If it does pass, it’s going to be about a microsecond before it’s challenged by conservative Jewish groups. And if they win their challenge, then I don’t see how the courts can prevent individual parents from requesting the same procedure.

For the record, we did not have our boys circumcised. But it should be a family decision.

[PA Engineer]

Total BS comparison, unless you don't know the difference between a man and a women.

Finally, leave us Jews alone. Do you understand?