2010-02-18 Rudistettner.com - MASS. BILL WOULD BAN CIRCUMCISION

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Article by Winter Riders Group Member Rudi Stettner

Web Link: (http://www.rudistettner.com/2010/02/...cumcision.html)

Abstract

A man named Charles A. Antonelli of Massachusetts is waging a campaign to pass a law that would compel Jews and Muslims living in Massachusetts to violate the tenets of their own faith by forbidding circumcision on anyone under the age of 18 unless there is a pressing medical need. The bill does not merely overlook the requirements of Jewish and Islamic law. It specifically bans circumcisions that are performed on minors for religious reasons. It bans a commandment that has been performed for thousands of years around the world and for the entire time that the United States has been in existence.

This bill purports to protect the rights of children not to be encumbered by irreversible procedures that could not be done later in life. A close examination of the statute shows that it does not ban abortion. Perhaps Mr. Antonelli has a blind spot in his vision of freedom for the children of Massachusetts.

If passed, the bill would make Massachusetts a state where parents have no right to prevent their children from being taught about homosexuality in public school and no right to practice circumcision as a religious ritual. There is in Massachusetts a pattern of second guessing and undermining parental values and judgements when clash with "enlightened " values. Those parents who subscribe to non religious circumcision as being medically desirable would under the Antonelli statute be banned from exercising their medical judgement on behalf of their children. It also creates a legal and psychological precedent of questioning years after the fact parenting decisions made in good faith on behalf of children by their parents and guardians.

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Those gosh darn elitist liberals in Massachusetts, who think they know better than we do, are trying to prevent us from having our babies mutilated! How dare they! They live off their trust funds, and drive around in their BMWs and Audi A8s, and look down their noses at us, and tell us that everything has to be "natural"!

The one thing I don't understand about the article is...it says if the bill is passed, "the bill would make Massachusetts a state where parents have no right to prevent their children from being taught about homosexuality in public school."

Hello!!! Where has this guy Rudi been? Public schools in Massachusetts have been teaching about homosexuality for the last 20 years. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the state that made "Heather has Two Mommies" famous. Remember?

Obviously, the guy who wrote the article doesn't know his ___ from a hole in the ground, and is an anti-gay, pro-circ yahoo who is a parents uber alles freak. You know, parental rights trump common sense every time. Betcha he wants parents to have the right to beat their kids into submission, too. When parents are holding all the cards, abuse can't be far away.

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I remember back in February or March this blog entry was copied and posted to a news site… but have forgotten if it was linked here. Some of the commenters were also dumbfounded by the remark about homosexuality.

I just hope that before the bill got shot down, it got enough publicity to influence at least some people to think critically about the issue.