For me forced circumcision is just an abhorrent business. 10 minutes for 180 ?$! Its an massive sexual manipulation. Based...

Peter

Oct 8, 2007 14:23

This battle is not about religion, freedom of religion, the right to follow certain religious practices.....it is the father's desire... [MORE]

silver

Oct 3, 2007 02:01

Circumcision is an irreversible operation. The boy is twelve years old. Wait until he is eighteen and has the chance... [MORE]

Stephen

Sep 19, 2007 20:46

The courts should be wary of any allegation made by James Boldt, the man who wants to have his son... [MORE]

Michael Glass

Sep 19, 2007 19:28

Just to clarify, FGM or Female Genital Mutilation, including Female Circumcision, has been banned by a federal law for 10... [MORE]

Jay

Sep 19, 2007 11:35

In the Middle Ages Jews were said to kidnap Christian children, circumcise them, and even sacrifce them, drinking their blood.... [MORE]

John Geisheker

Sep 19, 2007 11:06

Somehow I'm not suprised that the executive director of Doctors Opposing Circumcision will make such an Anti-Semitic comment to this... [MORE]

Eileen

Sep 25, 2007 10:46

"What he's saying, in other words, is that now anti-Semitism can be justified because Jews seem to be acting in... [MORE]

Hugh

Oct 7, 2007 02:21

The commonsense solution to this legal wrangle is to wait till the boy is 18. Then the boy can decide... [MORE]

Michael Glass

Sep 19, 2007 10:10

"Surely a parent has the same authority to have a child's vision corrected or a birthmark on his face removed... [MORE]

Laura MacDonald

Sep 19, 2007 09:19

Americans are insane with their obsession of cutting the genitals of children! [MORE]

johndoe

Sep 19, 2007 01:13

The amici are misguided in representing circumcision as a medical decision. There are very few legitimate medical reasons to circumcise.... [MORE]

Ron Low

Sep 19, 2007 00:38

male circumcision should not be permitted on constitutional grounds because many states have passed laws banning female genital mutilation The only... [MORE]

Dan

Sep 19, 2007 00:37

It is fundamentally horrifying to remove sexual tissue from a nonconsenting female unless absolutely medically necessary. This would be the... [MORE]

Spacediver

Sep 18, 2007 22:48

If this was a daughter being considered for a religous circumcision, there is no doubt that it would be struck... [MORE]

Dan

Sep 18, 2007 22:39

A child should have a right to an intact body. Circumcision is barbaric, and religion is organized ignorance. [MORE]

Barrry

Sep 18, 2007 21:57

Seriously, just wait til he's 18. [MORE]

Aaron

Sep 18, 2007 19:16

In 2006, Judge Jordan Kaplan (Cook County, IL) ruled that the mother of an 8 year old boy could not... [MORE]

Dan

Sep 18, 2007 18:17

'Though studies have shown less incidence of sexually transmitted disease in circumcised men, Mr. Geisheker contends that circumcision is "non-therapeutic."'... [MORE]

Hugh Young

Sep 18, 2007 17:26

There primary issue here should be, what does this boy really want? Doesn't this boy need his own lawyer to represent... [MORE]

Butrg

Sep 18, 2007 14:02

This should not be up to the father. If the son wants this, he hsould wait until he is 18.... [MORE]

Jackie

Sep 18, 2007 09:28

And, er, "Jackie", you DO have a basis to comment on this? As the proud owner of a penis, I find... [MORE]

jvon

Sep 18, 2007 17:10

If the son wants it done, then let him have it done. Waiting till 18 does nothing for him. It... [MORE]

Joe

Sep 18, 2007 21:54

"You don't mention smegma. Its smells, and is always given off by the foreskin. I for one would not want... [MORE]

Tom

Sep 20, 2007 11:58

jvon: "As the proud owner of a penis, I find it highly unlikely that the foreskin is more sensitive than... [MORE]

Hugh

Oct 7, 2007 03:39

There are a lot of allegations flying around about this case and the court needs to find the truth in... [MORE]

O'Hara

Sep 18, 2007 08:25

Sir : I support the Jews and Israel in their fight for survival. Circumcision, male and female, appear to produce the same... [MORE]

Douglas Wagner

Sep 18, 2007 07:07

This child should be spared this 'ritual' based on the fact that IF done in a hospital setting, it will... [MORE]

Laurie

Sep 18, 2007 06:59

This, without a doubt, represents serious child abuse as practiced by our so-called intelligent culture. When will we discontinue the... [MORE]

Anthony D'Auria

Sep 18, 2007 12:27

In order for the boy to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on his 13th birthday...and in order for the boy to... [MORE]

Ubu Walker

Sep 18, 2007 19:19

If as the Jewish community usually does this would have been done after 7 days, This boy is 12!! Leave... [MORE]

Bob

Sep 19, 2007 04:27

For 10 years now it has been illegal to circumcise little girls in this country, even if the parents are... [MORE]

Dan

Sep 19, 2007 10:20

Firstly, the government will only interfere with religious choices if there is no less harmful alternative means to effectuate important... [MORE]

Ubu Walker

Sep 19, 2007 14:24

Ubu Walker asserts: "In order for the boy to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on his 13th birthday...and in order for the... [MORE]

Child Protector

Sep 25, 2007 10:02

>There are many Rabbis who will welcome the boy into the Jewish faith... Firstly, all Conservative and Orthodox rabbis,... [MORE]

Ubu Walker

Sep 25, 2007 13:36

"Your freedom to swing your fist ends where my nose begins." Substitute "knife" and "genitals". Children need freedom of religion... [MORE]

Hugh

Oct 7, 2007 03:51