Father attempts to force a 12-year old boy to be circumcised
I can’t even believe a father would do this. I am just so filled with rage. And tying this up with religion in the courts is such bullshit. This is a young boy’s own body. What gives the father the right to chop off some of it? And I just love how the religious groups, along with the Anti-Defamation League, are supporting the father’s right to force his son to get circumcised due to religious freedom. Shouldn’t your right to control your own body trump religious freedom any day?! If I were the mother, I would think very seriously of doing something a lot more proactive, if you know what I mean.
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I don’t see where he gets the right to force his beliefs on and violate the body of a 12 year old. Unlike a poor little infant, this boy has made his opinion VERY clear. The religious groups would be wise to think a bit before blindly supporting something that frankly, doesn’t show their faith in the most positive light. I wouldn’t feel comfortable living in a country where genital mutilation was practiced on the off-chance that someone would decide to impose their religion on me or my kids. If this father has his way, what does it say about America?
Of course, they should also think about how absurd it is that cutting off a body part (or wearing certain clothes or eating certain foods) has anything to do with religion and everything to do with control. It’s all micro-management. The (imaginary) god is like that annoying middle manager in an office.
That is disgusting! I would say that I’m shocked, but knowing what people do to innocent newborns it doesn’t shock me that they would try it to 12 year olds too. Children are often see as property to be owned rather than human beings to be respected.
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