{"id":9529,"date":"2012-06-27T10:46:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T14:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=9529"},"modified":"2012-06-27T10:48:06","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T14:48:06","slug":"german-court-makes-circumcision-for-religious-reasons-a-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/german-court-makes-circumcision-for-religious-reasons-a-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"German Court Makes Circumcision for Religious Reasons a Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Goodenough<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(CNSNews.com) \u2013 A German court has ruled that circumcising male\u00a0 infants for religious reasons, as Jews in particular have done for\u00a0 thousands of years, constitutes grievous bodily harm and is a crime,\u00a0 regardless of parental consent.<\/p>\n<p>A public health specialist who is also a traditional Jewish\u00a0 circumciser called the ruling \u201cstupid,\u201d suggesting Wednesday that while\u00a0 \u201cpolitically-correct modern liberal thinkers\u201d would not be open to\u00a0 persuasion about Jewish values, they should at least consider studies\u00a0 finding wide-ranging health benefits from the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>In a ruling bound to fuel a long-running debate over circumcision, a\u00a0 regional court in Cologne said Tuesday that the \u201cfundamental right of\u00a0 the child to bodily integrity outweighed the fundamental rights of the\u00a0 parents.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/german-court-makes-circumcision-religious-reasons-crime\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to San Franciscans to vote on controversial male circumcision ban in November\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=6444\" rel=\"bookmark\">San Franciscans to vote on controversial male circumcision ban in November <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to Judge orders circumcision ban off San Francisco ballot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=6993\" rel=\"bookmark\">Judge orders circumcision ban off San Francisco ballot <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Goodenough (CNSNews.com) \u2013&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[385,45],"tags":[173,598,1036,1366],"class_list":["post-9529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-freedom-signs-of-the-times","category-signs-of-the-times","tag-freedom","tag-jews","tag-germany","tag-circumcision","wpcat-385-id","wpcat-45-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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