Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Religious Freedoms?
From a CNN.com article today:
From a CNN.com article today:
NEW YORK (AP) -- City health officials are investigating the death of a baby boy who was one of three infants to contract herpes after a rabbi circumcised them.I'm sorry, what was that? His mouth? What happened to religious freedoms not being allowed to supercede U.S. law? This country doesn't allow polygamy or peyote despite their religious importance to some peoples, but it's okay to slice a child's penis and then suck out the blood with your mouth as long as you're a Rabbi? Gah!
Under Jewish law, a mohel -- someone who performs circumcisions -- draws blood from the circumcision wound. Most mohels do it by hand, but Fischer uses a rare practice where he uses his mouth.
