Germany – Left-wing lawmakers in Germany are threatening to oppose government efforts to keep male infant circumcision legal.
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More than 50 lawmakers from three parties are proposing that parents should have to wait until their son is 14 so he can give informed consent for the procedure.
The proposal obtained by The Associated Press on Monday would radically amend a government bill that would give parents the power to decide.
The bill was prompted by a regional court ruling that circumcision could amount to criminal bodily harm. The government has enough votes to pass the bill and defeat amendments.
The June court ruling prompted outrage in Germany’s Jewish and Muslim communities. Jews circumcise boys on the 8th day after birth and Muslims usually perform the procedure early in a boy’s life.
The question is; “Why are Jews living in Germany?”
Stupidity may not technically be a crime, but a lot of people get punished for it!
Sorry in NYC bloomy wants to do the same
Yeh! I never figured that out. Pack your bags and get the……. out of there
What I don’t understand is that this is a medical procedure. in fact, in the United States it is part of the after-birth cleaning up. Had a child need to have any type of medical procedure such as a heart transplant after birth what they wait until he is 14?!
Fooled once shame on you. Fooled twice shame on me. The Germans have clearly defined their love for Jews in recent history. Have we not learned from that. Why are Jews living in that country of anti semitism?
“The government has enough votes to pass the bill and defeat amendments.”
So you publish this article just to get people worked up, right?
German Jews need to read the handwriting on the wall, and start looking for a new home. We are not wanted their.
Bloomberg has started a sliperey slope by enacting legislation which regulates Bris Milah (Mohels must furnish parents with a written ducument stating that an infant may die from MBP). Now the hole world can say look NYC the city with largest Jewish population in the world regulates Bris Milah, why cant we. Those same “concerned” legislators allow the unborn baby to be murdered.
I’d like to respond to some of the comments about Jews living in Germany; today, there are well over 125,000 Jews in Germany. Germany has taken in many Jews from the former Soviet Union. In addition, there are hundreds of Israelis, who are living there; also, Jews from other countries, and native born German Jews live there. I stopped in Frankfort, Germany, on the way back from EY, and there was special protection accorded to the El Al plane and passengers, which I was on. Unlike other countries, Germany has lived up to its horrible past, and expressed contrition, in deeds, money, and in arms to EY, including the latest submarines. While it is true that there are still some farbisen elements in Germany, they are in a minority. All of the Shuls in Germany are accorded special armed guards, to protect the Jews. It is a victory against Hitler, y’mach shimo, that Jewish life in Germany has reestablished itself.
This is most likely an attempt to dissuade Muslims from entering or staying in Germany. Unfortunately Jews are collateral damage. They can’t just ban circumcision under 14 for one religion and not another.