Just because some people who are against circumcision are anti-semites it doesnt mean they all are.
True, Deist, but significant portions of the US movement seem to live in some very fetid swamps. It's an issue.
Presumably people should have the right to conduct female cirumcision as well, or tattoo the name of their god on the kids arse. Adults can do what they like. Children should not have things forced upon them that will permanently scar them - physically or mentally. Why would you want to circumcise your sons anyway?
Well, were I a Jew, I would do so because it has been the rite of initiation into my people for 4,000 years or so and carries profound historical, cultural, and religious significance. It's just a foreskin, the practice didn't seem to hurt the Egyptians much.
As for the difference between circumcision and female genital mutilation, well. A circumcised penis works just fine, a woman whose clitoris has been excised cannot function sexually. The effect and intent are to maim. Circumcision is hardly more debilitating than pierced ears. If some group had a ancient and central tradition of piercing ears of infants, have at it. Even now, Native communities still engage in robust rites of passage that the young must pass, and there are other examples as well. So, this seems like a genuine overreach.
