Santa Monica Latest City to Fight to Get Circumcision Ban on Ballot

this is for comNsense: when I had my son the dr. said, he has to be circumsized..I asked why the Dr. said oh it is necessary, It could cause infections, well I am glad I held my own told the Dr. no my son was not getting circumsized, he is not jewish, my family is not jewish, My son has lived a great life and is still living, he is married and has kids of his own. I donot think they should try to regulate it in politics but it is up to the mother of the boy.

Jud, it's sad you have to trot out your daughters to justify your lack of "manhood". Maybe if you had been given a choice at birth, you wouldn't be on such an angry tirade trying to make every male out there to be just like you: puny and small.

VERY WELL said Tracie!!!! If a parent for whatever reason feels they want it done to their son that is their business and or perogative. Funny we don't see anybody bitching and moaning at all the little girls with pierced ears.

You are 100% right on this one Tracie! I think the parents are the ones that make this decision not the government!
How many people support killing unborn babies without government consent but yet they want the government to decide for them if circumcision is legal or not?
OMG!!!!! YOu people are so screwed up!
Just keep letting the government decide and pass laws for you...you may think nothing of it but soon youwon't have any rights to worry about!
Illegal circumcision? It's the parents decision not the governments!

While I agree that this matter should not be left up to the government, it is not currently a government issue. It is a 'we the people' issue - you know; of the people, by the people, for the people ... which they are trying to add to the government's agenda by adding it to the ballot for 'we the people' to vote on. It only becomes part of government if the people vote yes. So, for now, don't blame it on the government. They didn't ask for it, and they certainly don't need it.

Good call dude. At least if it's done when you are a baby, you will not recall the incident, pain, recovery, etc.

Same with two of my family members. One had to have it done at the age of 44 because of the tightening of the foreskin and pain and splitting that caused by that. The other decided to do it at the age of 16 to avoid what was happening to his dad. If I'd known the liklihood of that happening later in life without circumcision, there never would have been a question as to whether to have it done as a newborn. Hopefully there are enough medical experts who see the medical reasons to avoid allowing allowing it to be on any ballot. I wish I'd known there were medical reasons and that it wasn't just a religious consideration...

That is precisely why it is better to have it done as an infant.

I am sorry for what you had to go through. That is quite the ordeal.

But I have to say, I love your line, "Keep your laws our of my groin!" I wholeheartedly agree with you. For some of the same reasons I have frequently said, "Keep your laws out of my uterus!"

It should be parents' prerogative: if you, as a parent, want to leave your child uncircumcised until he can make his own decision, then do so. If you have beliefs otherwise, be they founded in religious belief, medical research, or personal experience, then do so. Just don't do either blindly. Educate yourself on the whole picture. A doctor or a law should not dictate the decision for you.

Tell all of us how far you'd have gotten had your parents had you and left you at the bus stop? There is ownership here; we have the right to name the child, they get our last names, we feed them what we want, we buy them the clothe we want to buy them, we send them to the schools we pick. Then, thankfully, ownership comes to an end and, if we're lucky enough, all this time a friendship has been building and now we're extremely close friends. But there is no question of ownership...go ahead and try to name your neighbor's kid.

Actually parents DO own their children and have the right to do with their children as they please so long as they don't kill them, neglect them nor physically harm them in any way. Circumcision is none of these things and the government should have NO right to tell parents what to do with regards to their own children. It is insane to ban circumcision until 18 because it's a painful experience that if done when the child is young won't be remembered but would be remembered (if done at all) when they are older. Just one more instance of the government thinking they have the right to micromanage people's lives. Whatever happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness??

Woo hoo, do you mean "owning your kids" like deciding to prevent them from being born? Apparently the folks pushing this ban think it is okay to kill a child, but not to circumcize.

LOL Good one! : - )