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Circumcision ban pulled from SF ballot
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Published: 29.07.11, 06:44
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1. They will try again....this is just the beginning
Israeli 2   (07.29.11)
2. Maybe Sharon was right. . .
Neil ,   Auckland   (07.29.11)
"Every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will do that . . . I want to tell you something very clear: Don't worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it." - Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, October 3, 2001, to Shimon Peres, as reported on Kol Yisrael radio.
3. Hess?
Jourdan ,   Tel Aviv   (07.29.11)
Is Matthew Hess related to Rudolph Hess?
4. Ban proponent gets the unkindest cut of all.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (07.29.11)
5. Neil and Hess...
withheld ,   Copenhagen, Denmark   (07.29.11)
Neil I see you very clearly despite your "clever" maneuvering. That quotation is troublesome and has no validity. Arguments won the day at the hands of the NON Jewish judge. The ban proposal was in clear violation of state law... Instead of embracing reality you french kissed fantasy and chose to dish up with a product from your arsenal of pseudo anti Semitic bag of tricks. Hess for sure has roots which can be traced back to the residents of Edom... Bring it on Esav, I am not afraid of you and I will refuse your kiss...
6. These "merciful" lawmakers from SF should ban killing babies
Chaim   (07.29.11)
More babies - boys AND girls - are killed daily via abortions than a baby via circumcision in 10 years.
7. Here are the benefits of circumsicion:
Moshe ,   Usa   (07.29.11)
THE BRIT PREVENTS : 1 ) PHIMOSIS ( TIGHTENING OF THE FORESKIN WHICH CANNOT BE DRAWN BACK ) 2 ) BALANITIS ( INFLAMMATION ) 3 ) CANCER ( NO CASES REPORTED WHEREAS AS SIGNIFICANT OCCURRENCE EXISTS FOR THE UNCIRCUMCISED ) 4 ) MAKING A LOW INCIDENCE OF CERVICAL CANCER IN JEWISH WOMEN ACCORDING TO " THE JEWISH CONNECTION " BY M. HIRSH GOLDBERG ( A BANTAM BOOK, STEIN & DAY PUBLISHERS, DECEMBER 1977, PAGE 185 ) 5) TRENCH WARFARE OF WORLD WAR I CAUSED DECEASES OF THE PENIS WHICH RE-POPULARIZED CIRCUMCISION. MOSHE
8. Judge Giorgi Thank u; Mr. Schofield go away!
Orthodox Jew ,   San Fran   (07.29.11)
Finally a sensible and completely legal decision related to this matter. Now Mr. Schofield just to paraphrase you: "My son's penis is not your property" "Respect the rights of my son to enter into the Brit of Abraham!"
9. As a medical procedure, only doctors should do it.
Michael ,   California, USA   (07.29.11)
Mohalim habaita, unless they get a medical certification, pass the necessary training in a hospital, learn how to do it in clean rooms, wear sterile clothing during the procedure.
10. #9 Mohelim train MDs in circumcision
Kyle ,   Southpark, CO, USA   (07.29.11)
If a medical professional wants to hearn how to perform a bris, he (or she) learns from a mohel, who is a specialist in the procedure.
11. Michael what r u so afraid of....
Sally Carol ,   Jerusalem   (07.29.11)
millions of male Jews throughout all of time since Abraham our father received the command have been circumcised. and now you come up in here with your Obcessive Compulsive Disorder pumping it up as if it were all that! Give it a rest my man! Give it a rest!
12. Thumbs up! Yes!!
juan solan ,   San Diego   (07.29.11)
13. #11 Sally, The truth is I want the to be unemployed.
Michael ,   California, USA   (07.30.11)
My OCD kicks in and I am pumping it up for your sake when I see parasites ripping each other off. By the way, consider yourself an orphan since there never was a father.
14. where are pleasure spots on circumcised penis?
penisman   (07.30.11)
It might look better but it sure as hell don't feel better...:you don't know what you're missing :))) ( and spare me the fake posts of ''I got circumcised at 20 yrs old and it feels bettter BS )
15. Circumcision
Atilla T. ,   Ankara/Turkey   (07.30.11)
Right decision indeed. As far as I know, it is not only Jews and Muslims that perform circumcision, but also many Christian families in the US. I was therefore actually quite surprised that there was an attempt to curb this practice (with the exception of medical necessity). Of course, I wouldn't mind a ban on circumcision that is practiced by non-professionals and in non-hygienic surroundings.
16. #15
Miriam   (07.30.11)
about 50% of American newborns are circumcised these days. Thats a big drop from the recent past when nearly all newborns were circumcised. Circumcision rates in other english-speaking ''Christian'' countries droppped from about 95% in the 1950s to about 1% today. The drop happened because the medical profession stopped recommending the procedure.
17. Circumcision
graczek ,   Maryland, USA   (07.30.11)
Back where my ancestors lived, any boy or man seen to have been circumcised was ridiculed as "damaged goods". The Apostle Paul reminds us that it is far less important that a man be circumcised in the flesh than he be circumcised in his heart, which is what occurs when one sincerely accepts the Divine Love and Salvation of Christ Jesus.
18. Between you and me...
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (07.31.11)
circumcision is the alliance of G-D with his people. Period.
19. #18 Ora
?!!?   (07.31.11)
You cut of your kids foreskin because G-d told you to. If you were the only one doing it and you supplied this explanation to the police you realise they would send you for a psychiatric examination don't you?
20. Ora you always post on circumcision stories
(07.31.11)
why don't you push for female circumcision to be allowed if you're so damn keen on it? There are many forms of female circumcision. Many forms are less invasive and damaging than male circumcision but all forms of it are banned...just as male circumcision should be
21. 20 Because the Tora is my guide.
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (07.31.11)
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