Ten Congressmen introduce bill to prevent states from banning male genital cutting. H.R. 2400: The "Religious and Parental Rights Defense Act of 2011". Congress banned female genital cutting in 1995. Now they want to PREVENT the banning of male genital cutting.

2011-07-12T06:09:10+00:00

Disgusting and disgraceful. All children - regardless of gender - have a human right to whole and intact bodies. Male genital mutilation needs to be banned for infants and boys. Adult men can make their own choices.

kanuk876 · 2011-07-12T03:18:55+00:00

what does this tell you about sexism in america?

BinaryShadow · 2011-07-12T03:48:44+00:00

The name is just so nice. I like how "parents" and the "religious" have more rights then baby males do. I'm glad that the federal government is stepping on a state's right to protect baby males from people conducting barbaric sacrifices in their name of their god. What about my personal made-up religion that requires me to sacrifice the clit-hoods of female babies once a month to the gods? What about my right as a parent to peacefully butcher young females? I feel so oppressed!

I also love how it's labeled as "male circumcision" but the same law for female circumcision (banning it) labels it as "Female Genital Mutilation." Throw in the "medical benefits" and a dash of "improved hygiene" and you have a nice propaganda stew.

2011-07-12T12:27:14+00:00

Sponsors: Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA27] Gary Ackerman [D-NY5] Howard Berman [D-CA28] André Carson [D-IN7] Keith Ellison [D-MN5] Eliot Engel [D-NY17] Steve Israel [D-NY2] Sander Levin [D-MI12] Jerrold Nadler [D-NY8] Henry Waxman [D-CA30]

I suspect this is the Jewish lobby. The Jewish religion places a lot of importance on ritualistic circumcision, and they have been among the primary opponents of other efforts to ban circumcision, such as the one in San Francisco.

TheRealPariah · 2011-07-12T02:27:27+00:00

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Eryemil · 2011-07-12T09:45:40+00:00

What a sick society. Sometimes it seems like there is something almost unredeemable about American culture.

2011-07-12T13:41:23+00:00

I would suggest everyone email every member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. See this link for the list -> http://www.govtrack.us/congress/committee.xpd?id=HSIF

and let them know how offensive and hypocritical for them to ban female circ but then allow a bill like this to even be allowed to be voted on.

misterdoctorproff · 2011-07-12T12:58:46+00:00

Very interesting how all of the sponsors are Democrats. One would think the religious right would be behind this.

kachapati · 2011-07-12T08:18:14+00:00

Thank you for posting. I plan to start writing my congressmen in the morning.

megazen · 2011-07-12T11:49:35+00:00

Sexist double standards, screw those ten congressmen.

Ma99ie · 2011-07-12T03:34:17+00:00

It'll get struck down just like the "Religious Freedom Restoration Act."

rockidol · 2011-07-12T18:40:19+00:00

10th amendment? What's that, I've never heard of that before.

Sporky023 · 2011-07-12T22:54:46+00:00

This law is awful, but we should recognize the strategic and cultural evolutionary environment that it represents. Ultimately the reason the legislative process has taken aim at this issue is that our culture is evolving away from circumcision.

Basically this law is a reaction where the federal government is noticing that American culture is changing and so it's trying to use law to keep it from changing.

The good aspect of all this is that the presence of a push to make law means that the underlying culture of the citizenry is changing.

Does anyone know of petitions about this?

TheRealPariah · 2011-07-12T07:29:31+00:00

Here's a good first question; how in the world would the federal government have the authority to ban any genital mutilation? (other than the obvious one; at the barrel of a gun)

Let me guess... the power to regulated interstate commerce? rofl.

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