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Mass. Bill Seeks to Ban Bris

A Massachusetts bill seeks to ban all circumcision performed on anyone under the age of 18 without express consent. Full Story

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to #26
February 25, 2010 11:12 am

what is that supposed to mean??

does it not sound to you like what the greeks decreed on the jews during the era of chanuka??

if you cannot feel and fear for what is going on, then you must not realize how bad this golus is and how much louder we must scream ad mosai!!

concered yid
February 24, 2010 2:00 pm

this is sick

Vaccinations
February 22, 2010 12:07 pm

Perhaps we shouldn’t be allowed to immunize our children until they turn 18 & can give their consent!

Jewish Mom
February 22, 2010 11:35 am

If this isn’t antisemitism what is??????????????

# 10
February 22, 2010 11:20 am

oh common do you really need to say something like that?

I think what's bothering people
February 22, 2010 9:36 am

is the fact that it even came up. true that it wont be progressing any further but this is not a new topic. as of late, as a college student, i have been hearing some of my more secular professors remark on how circumcision should be banned and the like. yes, it is like Soviet Russia, three cheers for religious freedom?
Oh bill of rights how you protect and also bother us so

how do we protest the bill
February 22, 2010 8:53 am
Jewish Mother
February 22, 2010 7:25 am

So maybe someone in Massachusetts should present a bill that every school child there should learn the seven Laws of Noach?

TIME TO GO.............
February 22, 2010 7:03 am

If that isn’t a wakeup call Yidden I don’t know what is!!!!!

Boruch N. Hoffinger BS"D
February 22, 2010 6:22 am

Sorry to hear.
I suggest getting the consent of the baby.

long ago..
February 22, 2010 6:16 am

sounds like the olden days

Greeks all over again
February 22, 2010 1:21 am
And Sweden, and other European States?
February 21, 2010 9:20 pm

What about Sweden, the country in which i live, its been banned ever since Hitler Yemach shmo came to power in year 1935, circumcision has been banned (Shchita too, but that came later).

It is the same in many, if not in most of other european states.

to number 2
February 21, 2010 8:08 pm

that is the funniest thing i have read in a while….. “nobody does a bris like you.” hehe thanks for the laughter!

Disregard
February 21, 2010 6:15 pm

“. . . unless there is a compelling medical need to perform the procedure.

The bill specifically bans circumcision for religious reasons. ”

For those two reasons alone the bill is unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution’s free exercise clause.

Additionally, even assuming it can somehow be construed as neutral (you’d have to check) or generally applicable (it’s clearly not), MA’s FE clause hasn’t been interpreted as narrowly as the U.S.’s to apply only in cases of non-neutrality/general applicability.

They couldn’t have proposed a dumber bill. It’s a joke, and it’s clearly going nowhere.

GOING NOWHERE
February 21, 2010 5:35 pm

I spoke to Rabbi Rachmiel Liberman, Shaliach in Boston. He told me that this bill has been filed several times in the past and that it’s not going to be released from committee.

massachusetts liberals
February 21, 2010 5:31 pm

the mass liberals are at it again
sound the alarm,call in the troops, get the fogelmans on the case, do something! stop this mishigass !!

just read!
February 21, 2010 5:08 pm

if you read the actual article you wouldn’t be so worried. it says that everyone in massachusetts has the right to submit a bill through a congressman.

then it begins to be discussed. the senator said this one has been filed a number of times but has never made it out of committee which means that it has never gotten anywhere near passing.

so, there’s most likely nothing to worry about–either way it would violate freedom of religion

"The bill specifically bans circumcision for religious reasons."
February 21, 2010 4:31 pm

This bill cannot be passed as is because it is unconstitutional. Everyone relax.The constitution of the U.S.A. clearly states separation of church and state. There is no way the bill can be passed without modifications in the very least, and if it is, it can be investigated and nulled because, as i said before, it is UNCONSTITUTIONAL!

Reason
February 21, 2010 4:24 pm

America is constitute on freedom of religion. Not to go and impose your religion on others that don’t have a choice that is NOT freedom of religion.

first shechita...
February 21, 2010 4:01 pm

first shechita, then bris mila…wats next? shabbos??

To 4
February 21, 2010 3:35 pm

It’s the freedom of speech that this man is exercising, anybody may propose a bill that doesn’t mean that it will pass.

to #4
February 21, 2010 3:27 pm

Just thinking that

what is this, ruissa????
February 21, 2010 3:18 pm
Nothing to worry
February 21, 2010 2:58 pm

as it mentions in the article, its the opinion of one person who decided to get it passed as a law.
“This constituent has filed this bill several times in the past, and it has never made it”
so i dont think we have much to worry about

ummm
February 21, 2010 2:55 pm

This just looks like a sensational news item – but nothing real. As the article states, anyone can file a bill. Filing a bill doesn’t mean anything. So if you live in Massachusetts and want to file a bill that bans dogs from wearing sweaters – go for it! This guy is getting his 5 seconds of fame.

constitution?
February 21, 2010 2:44 pm

what happened to freedom of religion?

No way!!
February 21, 2010 2:38 pm

This sounds like Communism or s/t!!!!!!!!! They can’t do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rabbi Levi Heber
February 21, 2010 2:33 pm

go rabbi heber go!!!no one does a bris like you!!!!

wat
February 21, 2010 2:28 pm

ho could they do that i live in M.A.

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