[James C. Bennett]

This raises an interesting question:

Some Jewish orthodox sects require a mohel to suck blood from a just-circumcised penis as part of their religious obligations. Recently, this practice caused the death of a child in New York:

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-03-03/news/31120453_1_circumcision-rabbi-yitzchok-fischer-contracting-herpes

How far can the State go in forbidding this practice (and thereby violating the religious freedoms of that sect)?

On the other hand, how can it be okay for someone to mutilate the genitals of an individual (the child), without consent?

[Olog-hai]

Wow, the NY Daily News spreading antisemitic propaganda? What a shocker, that (not). What will they print next, that the Jews use the blood of goyim to make their matzoh?

I think you might be on the wrong forum.

[Isabel C.]

On the other hand, how can it be okay for someone to mutilate the genitals of an individual (the child), without consent?

How can it be ok for a surgeon to mutilate an adult's body with selective plastic surgery? Should surgeons be mutilating any individual's body?

[Zionist Conspirator]

On the other hand, how can it be okay for someone to mutilate the genitals of an individual (the child), without consent?

You're having trouble with the concept of a "commandment," aren't you?

I suppose you think G-d was a big meanie for ordering the extermination of the Canaanites.

[Uri’el-2012]

This raises an interesting question: Some Jewish orthodox sects require a mohel to suck blood from a just-circumcised penis as part of their religious obligations. Recently, this practice caused the death of a child in New York: http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-03-03/news/31120453_1_circumcision-rabbi-yitzchok-fischer-contracting-herpes How far can the State go in forbidding this practice (and thereby violating the religious freedoms of that sect)? On the other hand, how can it be okay for someone to mutilate the genitals of an individual (the child), without consent?

If Rabbi Yitzchok Fischer is UNCLEAN,
he should be OUTSIDE THE CAMP !
Vayikra - Leviticus - Chapter 13

He should know this !

If HaShem commanded circumcision,
Stop and reflect on who you are to shake
your fist at the creator of the universe ?

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

[rmlew]

There is actually reason to continue the practice of sucking and spitting the blood. This practice has been dropped by most Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews, the later after some babies contracted diseases this way and one died. There are other ways to draw blood, using a pipette.