Showing posts with label Freedom of Religion First Amendment Circumcision. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freedom of Religion First Amendment Circumcision. Show all posts

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Charles C. Haynes: Circumcision ballot measure is assault on religious freedom

  Californians like to vote on just about everything — which may explain why the state has become an ungovernable mess.

  But now San Francisco has gone a ballot measure too far by giving voters an opportunity to ban male circumcision of minors when they go to the polls this November. If it passes, the law would effectively prohibit Jews and Muslims from practicing their faith within city limits.