
Poll: 45 Percent Would Ban Shechitah in Britain
Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2013-03-29 23:23
Article here. Excerpt:
'(JTA) -- About 45 percent of 1,900 Britons polled favored banning Jewish ritual slaughter and 38 percent said they favored banning nonmedical circumcision.
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When asked about “male circumcision for religious reasons," 38 percent supported a ban, 35 percent opposed a ban and 27 percent were undecided, The Jewish Chronicle reported this week.
Among 18-24 year-olds, 41 percent would ban both nonmedical circumcision in underage boys and ritual slaughter of animals for food.'
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Conflated issues
Ritual slaughter is one thing, circumcision for religious reasons is another. Still, I suppose they do have something to do w/ ea. other: the blood of innocents gets shed.