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Reader comment on: Oregon Supreme Court To Hear Debate On Circumcision

Submitted by sd Modiin Israel, Dec 2, 2007 17:08

there are jews in israel that do not practice brit mila or Circumcision

http://www.tapuz.co.il/tapuzforum/main/forumpage.asp?forum=202

and in the US http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21113459/

It is his body and it sould have been his choise let him grow..


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there are jews in israel that do not practice brit mila or Circumcision

http://www.tapuz.co.il/tapuzforum/main/forumpage.asp?forum=202

and in the US http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21113459/

It is his body...

sd Modiin Israel 

Dec 2, 2007 17:08

What about the religious freedom of the child? Why aren't his wishes concidered? Could Muslim parents circumcise their daughter in... [MORE]

Joe in CA 

Nov 8, 2007 05:17

The boy is only beginning to formulate his own worldview, which may or may not include religious beliefs. It is... [MORE]

Hugh7 

Nov 8, 2007 00:19

I am a victim of male circumcision performed in childhood without personal consent or adequate therapeutic need. I bitterly resent... [MORE]

John Dalton 

Nov 6, 2007 10:51

  

The father (and it appears the court) is conflating circumcision as a religious rite with a parent's right to consent... [MORE]

Georganne Chapin 

Nov 8, 2007 11:47

  

This sorry excuse for a father wants to treat his son like a cocker spaniel whose tail will be docked.... [MORE]

Barry 

Nov 6, 2007 09:48

  

Oregon Supreme Court should be wary of James Boldt's allegation that he wants his son circumcised for religious reasons. When... [MORE]

Michael Glass 

Nov 6, 2007 06:33

    

I am more than a bit suspicious of Mr. Boldt's motivations in this issue. If the boy truely wants to... [MORE]

Frank O'Hara 

Nov 6, 2007 22:51

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