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A right to ban circumcision?
A proposal to ban the circumcision of boys will be on San Francisco’s ballot in November, even though the ritual procedure is sacred to Muslims and Jews. Lloyd Schofield, the author of the Male Genital Mutilation bill, claims that male circumcision is akin to female genital mutilation, stipulating, “People can practice whatever religion they want, but your religious practice ends with someone else’s body.” Opponents of the measure say that the ban violates their First Amendment right to the free exercise of their religious beliefs. Many view the ban especially skeptically after a seemingly anti-Semitic comic book emerged, penned by the ban’s supporters. Should San Francisco have the right to ban circumcision?
Much ado about circumcision: A pediatric urologist’s view
Nearly every day, I perform a circumcision.
Religion, science and the circumcision ban
When an entire city takes a vote on a medical/religious practice that they find distasteful it sends a distinct message of exclusion to those outside the city’s confines.
Where is the line between my religious freedom and yours?
I often tell people that one individual’s religious freedom stops at the point at which it infringes on another person’s freedom. But where exactly is that line?
Circumcision ballot measure is an assault on religious freedom
The anti-circumcision referendum is both wrong and dangerous because it subjects religious freedom to a popular vote.
Circumcision and constitutional law
The will of the majority is tempered by the rights provided in the Constitution. That is how our rights to speak, write, and pray are protected. It is also how the right to have a baby boy circumcised will be protected.
Circumcision a religious response to God
From a religious standpoint, I am no big practitioner of outward rites and “forms” of religious practice, preferring, instead, that the way I live my life represent whether I am “covenanted” with G-d or not.
Circumcision ban strikes American religious liberties
The problem with the San Francisco initiative, however, goes beyond the crude anti-Semitic prejudices of some of its supporters. Instead, it strikes at the heart of what has made America distinctive for members of all faiths.
The government should not intrude on circumcision
Nobody has the right to tell different religions how to practice their faith.
Circumcision and change
The core issue of our relationship to God and its applicability to both men and women is very serious.
Circumcision debate not necessarily anti-Semitic, but leader may be
This is a sensitive issue in which the thoughts and feelings of all involved should be carefully heard.
Banning circumcision won’t change reality for children
Were there strong medical evidence that circumcision caused considerable harm to boys, I would favor a ban.
Circumcision central to Jewish identity
The effort to ban circumcision – now blatantly seen as an anti-Semintic move – is indeed a violation of the Constitutionally guaranteed free exercise of religion.
Circumcision ban a battle over individual rights
The illiberalism of ‘liberal’ society is wondrous to behold.
Free exercise rights end where another’s body begins
It’s a surgical procedure whose mark the recipient will carry for life, but had no meaningful chance to opt in to or out of.
Circumcision ban another attack on Judaism
We make scores of decisions for our children that are determinative of their lives.Increasingly there is a cadre of people who believe they know better; that all children should be raised as they raise their own.
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