Are they also banning parents from piercing the ears of children? In many
cultures it is common to see infant girls with pierced ears. Does the ban
extend to pierced ears before age 18? And then there is body piercing before
age 18. Is that being banned? Has the Court banned tattoos for people under
18?
And has this ban spread to Muslim male children, who are circumcised at age 7,
10 or slightly later depending on the sect.
The fact is, given Germany's history of how it has dealt with Jews, is is not
illegitimate to wonder what the Court is thinking. Germany has one of the
fastest growing Jewish populations in the world -- mostly through immigration.
This decision, if enforced all over the country, would slow down or stop that
population growth. One might at least ponder why this case has come to the
Germany court, and not one involving piercing, tattoos, or Muslim circumcision.
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Paul Finkelman
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Albany Law School
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From: "Volokh, Eugene" <vol...@law.ucla.edu>
To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics <religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu>
Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2012 11:56 AM
Subject: RE: German circumcision decision
Any chance we could have some helpful analysis of the decision,
rather than one-liners? The question of the degree to which parents should be
able to permanently alter their children’s bodies – for religious reasons or
otherwise – is not, it seems to me, one that has a completely obvious answer
one way or the other. There may indeed be one correct answer that can be
demonstrated, but such demonstration requires argument rather than assertion.
Eugene
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