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Saturday, June 4, 2011

In California, Efforts to Ban Circumcision Gain Momentum - NYTimes.com

In California, Efforts to Ban Circumcision Gain Momentum - NYTimes.com: "SANTA MONICA, Calif. — When a group of activists proposed banning circumcision in San Francisco last fall, many people simply brushed them aside. Even in that liberal seaside city, it seemed implausible that thousands of people would support an effort to outlaw an ancient ritual that Jews and Muslims believe fulfills a commandment issued by God.
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Rabbi Yehuda Lebovics opposes a ban.
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But last month, the group collected the more than 7,100 signatures needed to get a measure on the fall ballot that would make it illegal to snip the foreskin of a minor within city limits. Now a similar effort is under way in Santa Monica to get such a measure on the ballot for November 2012."

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