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Circumcision Ban Makes San Francisco's November Ballot Cut
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City elections officials confirmed an initiative that would ban the circumcision of males younger than 18, regardless of religion, will appear on the November the ballot. Credit: AP
When the good folks of San Francisco hit the polls this fall, they'll be asked to vote on a new mayor, the pension system and penises.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports a circumcision ban has made the November ballot -- ahem -- cut, after Department of Elections officials officially certified that a group called "intactivists" managed to round up 7,743 signatures (they needed 7,168) to take the measure to a vote.
The ban would make circumcision on any person younger than 18 a misdemeanor. And, no, your religion would not get you out of it, the newspaper reports. Wanna a little snip, snip anyway? The Chronicle says you would face a $1,000 fine and could spend up to a year in the pokey.
The intactivists and their ilk say circumcision is cruel, the newspaper reports, like cutting off part of an infant's face, while those against it say a ban would be unconstitutional.
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ReaderComments (Page 4 of 8)
5-19-2011 @ 3:58PM
Charles said...You have got to be kidding? This issue has been debated almost as many years as I have been alive. How so many people got so concerned about foreskin is beyond my comprehension. I can think of hundreds of more important topics for discussion. Yes, I can agree that it is more healthy to be circumsized ... but I also believe this is one more way the powers that be are butting into other people's business and ignoring more important matters than whether or not a baby should be circumsized!!!
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5-19-2011 @ 4:11PM
Lindsay said...First kids can't get happy meals, now parents can't have their boys skin snipped? As a female, I prefer to have fun with a "clean" member anyway...that extra stuff is too weird looking.
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5-19-2011 @ 4:13PM
Enough Already said...This is a personal choice not one that should be legislated. Not being circumcised causes a lot of medical problems for males who are diabetic. This is absolute nonsense and a clear example of what is wrong with this country!
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5-19-2011 @ 4:18PM
dlnrjm said...Are you freakin kidding me? This is all the lawmakers have to worry about? Get real and get out!
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5-19-2011 @ 4:56PM
henry said...only in california, what a bunch of idiots, should anex them from the usa, they want to control everything,
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5-19-2011 @ 4:24PM
teresa said...circumicision should be and must remain the parent's choice. We (husband and I) thought it's no longer necessary given today's hygenic habits and it seems so cruel so we didn't do it to our boys but I get that there are religious reasons and such for other people to do this. taking away some people's choices and rights seems to be a good idea to the nutty population of San fran while they radically defend the rights of others. ah, remember, they're also a santuary city for illegals/criminals AND they keep re-electing Pelosi which says a lot.
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5-19-2011 @ 7:16PM
clint said...Did any of you people read the article?? It will certainly be voted down by the city. If over 7000 people signed a petition, it's probably the law to include it on the ballot to allow the city decide. Why do so many right wing NUTS drag Pelosi's name into everything??
5-19-2011 @ 6:40PM
Jill said...Circumcision reduces a mans risk of transmitting STD's. Why wouldn't you want to do something that could make you healthier and safer? AIDS by as much as 60%
Google it. :)
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5-19-2011 @ 4:33PM
Mendy said...Sounds like Naziism to me when all things Jewish (including kosher slaughter) were banned.
The Torah explicitly tells the Jewish people what is required to be part of the covenant. Some authorities believe that the purpose of this law (and it can never be altered by man) is to be a sign to the male that he is in a covenantal partnership with the Almighty and he should use his penis in a proper and a holy way sexually and to not let his penis control his brain. Maybe if Dominique Strauss-Kahn looked at his circumcized penis he wouldnt be in the trouble he is in right now.
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5-19-2011 @ 5:34PM
sf49erette said...I am a San Franciscan Native but why it's always San Francisco with stupid banning law ideas!?!? Worry about Healthcare and Education instead of minor things please!
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5-20-2011 @ 11:25AM
Jaymie Gaskins said...I also am a San Francisco Native and I agree. Because of these type of things most people think very poorly of the CITY and never realize what a great place it was / is. Why do they think it's so pricey to live there ? Because it is a great place. I do think though that all parents should have to watch their newborn go through this procedure and see how many of them would do it to another son.
5-19-2011 @ 4:34PM
Dorothy said...Keep the laws off the penis'
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5-19-2011 @ 4:41PM
Linda said...This is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. It is none of anyone's business, especially the government. And what happens to freedom of religion if this passes. Jewish men are all circumsized. For a long time circumsion was a matter of cleanliness. People are going to far here. Abortion (I am prochoice) circumsion, healthcare as a whole are all areas that our government needs to butt out of. MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND GET TO THE IMPORTANT ISSUES...you know jobs, economy, houseing. ???
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5-19-2011 @ 4:41PM
Charlotte said...People are so stupid. Jump up and down and holler about a person's rights for wanting an abortion, but then have the gall to say that a person's rights on religion will not be taken into consideration on wanting a circumcision for their baby. Jump up and down and holler that having a circumcision is inhumane and cruel, but allow a baby to be chopped into pieces and sucked out of the womb for an abortion. If a person's rights are to be considered for one medical procedure, then all rights need to be considered for a medical procedure. These people who have nothing better to do but dream up stupid stuff to complain about, start complaining about the REAL problems in this world.
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5-19-2011 @ 5:42PM
kell said...oh charlotte, charlotte, charlotte...this is about circumsion not abortion, if you are so concerned for those little babies, why don't you go and adopt some..........
5-19-2011 @ 4:57PM
Miontu2 said...Personally, I don't care for circuncision, especially after having witnessed one, done by a Rabbi. However, I respect the right to have it done if your religious beliefs call for it to be performed. Thankfully, I'm still intact - arguments about hygiene and things of that sort can be remedied by regular bathing. Just my thoughts.
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5-19-2011 @ 4:46PM
gmann117 said...Maybe San Francisco can drop into the pacific. What abunch of fools
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5-19-2011 @ 4:49PM
fred said...The same city that won't allow the ten commandments to be shown, bans nativity scenes and provides unfettered abortions for anyone without barely a question, is now going to tell millions of people that their religious and hygenical rights are not for them to decide. It's up to the one's with the horns sticking from their heads..
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5-19-2011 @ 4:51PM
dude said...I think we all know San Fransico Government is obssessed with what parents do with their childrens foreskin. i bet they are waiting til they are 18 too.
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5-19-2011 @ 4:54PM
vicki said...Why is my child's body any of the government's business? Why is a ban on a centuries proven sanitary practice that eliminates penile cancer in men, cancer of the cervix in women of circumcisd men and multiple infections of boys and elderly men being considered? Why don't you get rid of illegal drugs - that's positive. Or let's all vote to stop people from cutting their fingernails or using tissues following evacuations. Those people stirring this up are most repugnant in their interest in my child's body.
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