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German court bans male circumcision, sparks outrage among Jews, Muslims
MSNBC ^ | June 27, 2012 | lde Raftery, Reuters

Posted on 06/27/2012 7:22:25 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo

Edited on 06/27/2012 7:55:55 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

BERLIN - Jewish and Muslim groups protested on Wednesday after a German court banned the circumcision of young boys for religious reasons, Reuters reported. The ban applies to the Cologne region of Germany.

The court in the western city of Cologne handed down the decision on Tuesday in the case of a doctor who was prosecuted for circumcising a four-year-old Muslim boy.


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To: Repeat Offender

You saw that on PBS, didn’t you? I cringed when I heard that, because Lee-Enfield rifles hadn’t been invented at the time of the Sepoy Mutiny.


21 posted on 06/27/2012 11:43:34 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

Be that as it may, they are proscribing a sign of religious covenant that dates back to Abraham.


22 posted on 06/28/2012 12:01:32 AM PDT by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: Stingray

“Barbaric”?


23 posted on 06/28/2012 12:04:26 AM PDT by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: Stingray

So, God was barbaric for insisting on circumcision?


24 posted on 06/28/2012 2:19:00 AM PDT by vladimir998
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To: vladimir998

Some how Germany worrying about humane treatment seems like an oxymoron. Didn’t they just exterminate 10 million people a generation ago? Oh, that’s right it’s something the Jews believe in. Well, there you go.


25 posted on 06/28/2012 12:14:54 PM PDT by Cowgirl
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To: Copenhagen Smile
Dude, its in the bible.

So is killing someone because they use two different kinds of cloth to make their clothes. Do you support that?

26 posted on 06/28/2012 12:24:48 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is, it is the only answer.)
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To: ozzymandus
You saw that on PBS, didn’t you? I cringed when I heard that, because Lee-Enfield rifles hadn’t been invented at the time of the Sepoy Mutiny.

A I told another poster, no I did not see it on PBS, as I don't really watch TV. I'm sorry you cringed when you saw it. While the Lee-Enfield rile with brass cartridge ammo had not been invented yet.....the Pattern 1853 Enfield were first used by the Brits in well, 1853.

The Indian mutiny was in 1957.......four years after the introduction of the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle.

27 posted on 06/28/2012 2:43:27 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy Saints surrounded)
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To: Lurker
Context context context. The passage in Leviticus you are referring to is discussing the mixing of similar things and why it was a bad idea.

Nowhere in Leviticus 19 does it say those who mix two types of cloth are to be killed. Did you even double check that before posting or just repeat what somebody told you? Remember, trust but verify.

28 posted on 06/28/2012 2:58:21 PM PDT by Copenhagen Smile (Are you not entertained?!)
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
Doubletalk! You say its the parents decision, and then go on to say you are against circumcision.

For or against this law?

29 posted on 06/28/2012 3:00:16 PM PDT by Copenhagen Smile (Are you not entertained?!)
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

You’re missing the point in an EPIC way.


30 posted on 06/28/2012 3:19:30 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
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To: Repeat Offender

The “historian” on PBS actually said Lee-Enfield, not Enfield, and as a nit-picking point, I doubt Enfield rifles were being issued to Indian troops 3 years after their introduction. Native troops usually were issued previous-generation arms that became available when front-line troops were issued new weapons. I’ll try to look up the dates when Enfield-pattern rifles were issued to Indian troops.


31 posted on 06/29/2012 11:59:58 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Repeat Offender

Well, wikipedia says the 1853 Enfield was considered a cause of the mutiny, so I guess that’s that. I stand corrected.


32 posted on 06/29/2012 12:07:13 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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