Jews, Muslims sue to block referendum on circumcision Excerpt:
An unusual coalition of Jews and Muslims filed suit on Wednesday to block a November voter referendum seeking to ban male circumcision in San Francisco. The lawsuit says the measure should be removed from the ballot on grounds that under state law California cities cannot prohibit a "healing arts" professionals from conducting a procedure they are licensed to perform. Some legal experts have said that even if the referendum remained on the ballot and were approved by a majority of the city's voters, such a measure might face a legal challenge as an unconstitutional infringement on freedom of religion. Circumcision is a ritual obligation for infant Jewish boys, and a common rite among Muslims, who account for the largest share of circumcised men worldwide. Some critics of the practice argue that it amounts to genital mutilation. Read more here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110623/us_nm/us_circumcision_sanfrancisco San Fransisco, what a paradoxical place. A liberal city where conformity is being demanded more and more everyday. J - I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University. - William F. Buckley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339316 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
