Posted on 07/07/2011 4:07:47 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
The city of San Francisco finally weighed in on a local ballot measure that asks voters to ban the circumcision of male children, saying its attorney claim the proposed law would be unconstitutional if applied to Jewish mohels. The city attorney's office made the argument in response to a lawsuit by a coalition of Jews and Muslims that has asked a California court to remove the initiative from this year's November 8 ballot. The lawsuit, which names both the city and the anti-circumcision activist who qualified the measure, argues that state law bars local governments from restricting medical procedures.
If a judge accepts that reasoning and only excludes physicians from the ban, the measure would target only religious faiths that practice circumcision, thereby runing afoul of the First Amendment to the Constituion which guarantees religious freedom, lawyers for the city wrote.
"San Franciscans cannot be asked to vote on whether to prohibit religious minorities from engaging in a particular religious practice, when the same practice may be performed under nonreligious auspices," the city's brief said.
"If the court concludes that the measure is pre-empted as applied to medical professionals, then the remaining application is unconstitutional and the court should remove the measure from the ballot entirely," the city attornies concluded.
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“The city attorney’s office made the argument in response to a lawsuit by a coalition of Jews and Muslims that has asked a California court to remove the initiative from this year’s November 8 ballot. “
Flaccid foreskins! Mohl Man has ensnared innocent Muslims into an alliance, just because they also slice their kids’ schnitzels. If he isn’t stopped, there might be peace in the Middle East! We must stop this mad scheme!
I do not live in San Francisco, but if I did I would oppose the measure. On the other hand, I do not believe it to be unconstitutional. If your religion believes in smoking dope, I believe you should be prosecuted. This to me is not abridging freedom of religion.
On the other hand, Jews may want to consider who their friends really are.
The liberals promote abortion the ultimate child mutilation and call it “pro-choice” like the kid had a choice. Then when the gays realize their units are at stake they get all in a tither.
Now, don't get snippy!
Childish baloney from San Francisco.
Does that city produce anything else?
Yes, they do.
(We don't want to know what, of course.)
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Unpeeled cucumbers! These freepers are full of circumcision silliness. This looks like a job for FORESKIN MAN! Take a look at that piece of unskinned manly meat, your Freeping Non-Franciscoans! (this post would be meaningless without pictures, but let’s keep it that way).
...saying its attorney claim the proposed law would be unconstitutional if applied to Jewish mohels. The city attorney's office made the argument in response to a lawsuit by a coalition of Jews and Muslims that has asked a California court to remove the initiative from this year's November 8 ballot.
I can’t see what all the habub is about this in San Fernasco. Most males there want their whole Weiner whacked off and want some government agency to pay for it. Geeez.
No child consents to be adopted into a same sex couple household.
San Fransicko is not looking out for the chil’run.
the Cutting Edge of Technology.
Had a part time job at the hospital circumcising babies. 20 bucks a skin and a chance to get ahead. Ohhhh
I heard the pay was OK but the tips were small.
excellent point
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An individual's freedom of religion must stop short of knives removing flesh from another person, particularly without the target individual's consent and robbing that person from exercising his own freedom of religion by choosing to undergo the rite.
Constitutional freedom of religion is about the freedom to gather, to worship, to pray, to live by your moral code and instruct your children in the same.
If it were Scientologists branding newborn girls like cattle, people here would have a different perspective.
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