German court rules religious circumcision on boys an assault. Agree or Disagree?

how many of you KNOW that the original RITUAL of circumcision was always ended with the rabbi or whatever he is..SUCKING THE BLOOD OUT OF BOY'S PENIS.? ITS A RITUAL. a dark one. funny though, Ive been conditioned to think it looks better!

big deal!

It's a huge deal. We are talking about child mutilation! It would be a big deal if a girl had it done why is it different for a boy? Thank goodness my child has intelligent parents who kept him intact, until the day he can make his OWN CHOICE about HIS OWN GENITALS!

They have made it law.
It matters not what anyone "thinks".....it's their law.

And that also should be illegal if they are doing it without consent of the person. Let the child choose when they are old enough to make that choice.. no reason to choose for them.

In what way is it better to snip a child's foreskin which has 20,000 nerve ending while they are younger? You shouldnt be doing it at all! It hurts the same no matter what age the difference is, is that you can use amazing pain medicine when you are older.

Also my friend no one should be making choices on mutilating thier child's genitals. And apparently its changing with only 40% of the US circumcising while 60% leave their children intact. And also 80% of the world keepig their children intact. So its not a few free thinkers.. we are now the majority! To bad for you

Well when over 100 children die each year do to complications of an unnecessary procedure, its a huge consequence! I'm here to educate people of why this child mutilation needs to stop and it needs to stop sooner rather than later. It breaks my heart to see so many boys suffer because there parents did little to no research on circumcision.

I can't believe it, of all the people to outlaw circumcision...the Germans? The all time friends of the Jews! I guess the Germans are experts on torture and assault.

Wow how long ago was this? Are we really going to treat this as a slavery issue or a Jewish issue. Come on man this is just childish and we are discussing a huge issue in todays future, and it has nothing to do with the past! It has to do with mutilating an infants genitals. Let the child decided what they want to do with their foreskin when they are older, its not their parents foreskin! What if that child doesn't want to be Jewish when they are older? I.sure as hell didn't want to be Catholic like my family members.

I just find it ironic that the Germans are lecturing people about what mistreatment and torture are.

I didn't claim that all Germans are monsters....it's the German government I was talking about. I don't think they have any room to lecture anyone about assault.

That's true...but the AAP(American Academy of Pediatrics) supports the parent's right to chose circumcision if they want. Their studies show that the benefits outweigh the risks of the procedure.

http://www.aap.org/en-us/abou...

Well, I bet if the AAP would've said circumcision was bad you would have agree with their methodology. You have to take the facts and studies (good and bad) without saying they were being political. In fact, they stopped short of saying that all newborn boys should be circumcised because the benefits weren't enough to make that general statement and that it should be up to the parents. If it was political....who are they benefiting from by putting out that statement? It certainly isn't to make more money because circumcision isn't a big money maker.

http://www.webmd.com/parentin...

http://www.mayoclinic.com/hea...

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/maleci...

I don't know what India has anything to do with this conversation, but apparently you know more than the American Academy of Pediatrics.....maybe you learned more than the medical association from all of your "science books." But I will trust the medical association to know about medical subjects. All they have said is that it should be up to the parents and that there is a slight benefit to the procedure....that outweigh the risks, which is very small.

Show me a study done by doctors from another country that shows circumcision has too high a risk vs benefit ratio.

The Germans today are not the ones who did this!

I have a boy who is now 17months. I chose to keep him intact because it is the right thing to do. I would be violating his human rights to mutilate his genitals to look you "so called" normal. 60% of the US is choosing to take their babies home intact and 80% of the world. Sorry folks but you mutilating your son, is no longer the norm. My husband is circumcised and hates his parents for it. I know of cases where some children have even sued their parents for circumcising them and won. All you people who disagree; Did you know that your sons foreskin after being removed is being sold to cosmetic companies to make facial anti wrinkle creams? Well it is so research that for your childs sake and for your future children's sake. Here's and amazing site to help you people who disagree, to become informed. It's called drmomma.org and "May Your Foreskin Be With You."

Germany just continues its horrible track record with Jewish folks..... No offense to anyone, since I'm sure there's probably some women who are ok with it; but I'm so glad my generation, for the majority, got circumcised so I don't have to be concerned about stinky cheese penis or getting cervical cancer.

Check your facts again sweetie. You can still get cervical cancer and "stinky cheese" penis. Lots of circumcised men still have to pull back their scar tissue from loose circ's. And intact men are more than capable of great hygiene. Do some research.

Are you out of you mind? "Germany just continues its horrible track record" ???
Maybe you meant Israel, who continues what they learned from the Nazis.

As far as stinky cheese, try washing. You have a shower, don't you? Women get it too.

This is a parental decision, and more often than not, one that proves to be to the benefit of the child.

His body, his choice. I wasn't aware that a loss of the most sensitive part of a boy's penis being ripped off and cut from his body to be beneficial.

I read it causes sexual problems.

It cant be the child decision and it most certainly is not to the benefit of the child to remove one of the most sensitive erogenous areas of the penis. All this talk about hygiene is utter nonsense.

What do you know even germans can do something right!
Even though I´ve heard there is some opression against at least one pagan religion as well!

lol - oh good, rational decisions are always made when religion gets involved.

Didn't circumcision start b/c of a religious tradition - irony?