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Originally Posted by Sliver
Who cares what a religious leader has to say about it...they aren't the authority you should turn to when it comes to hacking off parts of your kid's body.
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The couple in the scenario seem to care since it seems to be a religious issue for them, not a health issue.
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No, cutting off part of a baby's penis is not a spiritual issue.
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Well we disagree.
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Not really, but I'm fairly confident most doctors would say it's an unnecessary procedure based on my own experience asking what we should do with my son.
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The five doctors i spoke with all said it wasn't really an issue and had health benefits. Again, we disagree.
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Birth is a fairly necessary part of life. Cutting the tip off your d!ck isn't.
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But women do not have to go through natural childbirth. They can have cesarean sections is they so choose. They can have the whole lower half of their body anesthetized. And yes, they have a choice and the babies do not. At some point parents have a right to decide what is best for their children. Kids are not raised in a vacuum and given a plethora of choices when they turn 18. Did/does your son have a choice to be poked with a needle and get immunized? (I got reams of paper from my left-wing Mother-in-law citing the link between the MMR vaccine and autisim.) Maybe you should wait until he is 18 and ask him if he wants to be immunized?
I understand that you see this as "mutilation" and you are entitled to your opinion, but since the studies seem to go both ways, with health benefits on both sides, we can agree to disagree. Outlawing the procedure essentially says Muslims & Jews change your ways or go live somewhere else.
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You might be right, but I'd hope couples also discuss the practical side of things before they tie the knot. 
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You would think so, but if you listen to a few talk shows you will find a lot of young couples in lust for awhile and then reality smacks them in the forehead. Love will conquer all is great and a wedding is a fun party until someone asks who's paying the bill, why are we going to your parents house for thanksgiving again, You want how many kids, why didn't you tell me you were Episcopalian?!