BenK:

So yes, by restricting a Jewish parent's ability to circumcise a son, one is crossing a bright line into genocide. But perhaps this is one of those times when an argument for genocide makes sense to a liberal audience.

I AM Jewish, and I find your rhetoric extremely overwrought and inflammatory. This has nothing to do with genocide - nothing.

In addition, there is a lot of evidence that today's ritual cirumcisions are FAR more severe than the ones Jews used to do centuries ago. They truly did only take a small piece off the tip (bris millah, look it up). Today they cut off an incredible amount of skin and tissue.

Religious practices are restricted all the time in the name of public safety and decency. Can I kill cats in the name of Santeria? Can a Jehovah's Witness deny medicines for a sick child? The answer to both is no.

I still think parents should be allowed to choose (just out of political reality, not out of moral purity), but ONLY if they are told the entire truth about the practice, and not the "it may have benefits" crap they get today.