I agree with Jason. Stupid, marginal petition, but I have to challenge some of these responses...
You do realize that Jewish tradition has the male child circumcised on the 7th day after birth...a government forbidding this practice *is* interfering with the practice of that religion.
Christianity and Islam, too.
Governmental interference is not a catch-all solution to societal problems.
Not only did you apparently not read the original post, but this isn't an adequate response even if there weren't a religious exemption. The First Amendment does not unconditionally protect the rights to perform religious acts that affect other people. Obviously, I can't be like, "yo, I'm a Shankologist," and stab you. Freedom-of-religion issues are much more complicated when they involve acts on others, even children.
Whats wrong with circumcision? I love a cut cock more than uncut. Sooooo very glad i was circumcised at birth.
Ya, call me kooky, but I want my weewee to remain foreskin free
No... because I like being circumcised and I think dicks that are circumcised look a lot hotter then uncut ones. Furthermore I require less maintenance in the hygiene department and my orgasms rock my world so I am less then concerned with whatever feeling I "may" have lost.
I don't want to be condescending, but guys, think this through to one more iteration. You're happy to be circumcised, and that's great. Your reaction to the law seems to be, "I strongly prefer being circumcised, so why have this law?". The idea of the law is to protect the ability of men to get what they prefer -- because different people have different preferences.
Consider it this way:
Uncircumcised, happy:
Good
Uncircumcised, unhappy:
Inconvenienced, but can 'fix'
Circumcised, happy:
Good
Circumcised, unhappy:
Pretty much out of luck
If varying preferences exist, all else being equal, it makes more sense to give someone the choice. That's the underlying idea, even if the petition is stupid. How is the underlying idea not sound?
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johnweek1: Most uncircumcised guys would express the opposite sentiment. Like, the hygiene complaint seems silly to me, when it takes two seconds to rinse in the shower, which I assume you do too. Also, having a sensitive glans and using the foreskin during sex/masturbation is something I really don't want to lose. I'm not saying I think your preferences are necessarily unreasonable at all...they're just different. I'm not against infant circumcision because I think my preferences are "better," but because I think my preferences aren't universal, and shouldn't be unnecessarily forced.)