Woman Pushing to Ban Circumcision in California City Drops Proposal

Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2011-06-08 13:54

Article here. Excerpt:

'The proponent of a ballot measure to ban circumcision in a California city has dropped the effort following claims of anti-Semitic themes and imagery, including a comic book that featured a "Monster Mohel."

Jena Troutman, the Santa Monica woman who submitted the proposal to the Santa Monica city clerk last month, said she has withdrawn the measure to prohibit "Genital Cutting of Male Minors." ...

Troutman, a lactation consultant and mother of two, told FoxNews.com that her focus was "never about religion" when she submitted the initiative, which was written by a San Diego-based group called MGMbill.org, the same organization that authored the measure to ban circumcision that will appear on the ballot in San Francisco this November.
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"I respect and appreciate the Jewish religion and people's delicate feelings about their religious customs," she said, adding that she originally sought a religious exemption for the proposed ban but ultimately declined to include one since it would have been unconstitutional.

Still, "bodily integrity and genital autonomy" are human rights, she said.'

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This is a lesson to intactivists: nothing about genuine efforts against MGM has anything to do with anti-Semitism or indeed any other religion. It has to do with male genital integrity and the rights of males to decide when or if they should get a life- and body-altering surgical procedure done to them.

Anything that looks like an attack on a religion is bound to serve our opponents, whether they be the religious ones or not. Nothing intactivists ought to be doing should discuss religions or point out this one over that one: it's ALL about male genital integrity and that is ALL it is about, period. Religious practices of any kind do not admit of violating human rights, and this is supported by law as well as ethics. That is what ought to be pointed out whenever someone brings up religion.

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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2011-06-08 22:56