San Francisco to ban circumcision

[randolph]

Originally Posted by ila

I really don't see a problem with this. I was circumcised when I was very young and it didn't and doesn't bother me. If one is going to be circumcised it is better to have it done when one is young.

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OK, this used to be a routine procedure. Now days a lot of men wished they were not circumcised. It seems reasonable that parents should let the son decide since religion is not the big deal it used to be. The idea of San Francisco passing a law against it seems ridiculous, however.

[ila]

Originally Posted by randolph

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OK, this used to be a routine procedure. Now days a lot of men wished they were not circumcised. It seems reasonable that parents should let the son decide since religion is not the big deal it used to be. The idea of San Francisco passing a law against it seems ridiculous, however.

I completely agree with you, randolph.

[franalexes]

Don't you think this law is a tool of the gay community to assure a future of a "virgin " "product"?

[randolph]

Originally Posted by franalexes

Don't you think this law is a tool of the gay community to assure a future of a "virgin " "product"?

Gee, I learn something new every day on this forum. I didn't know the foreskin was equivalent to the hymen!
Gay virgins? Really?

[The Conquistador]

More proof that San Francisco is retarded.

[ila]

If I understand the linked news story correctly then the proposed ban would only apply to the city of San Francisco. I have to wonder if the city really has the power to enact a law like this. It would be rather strange to make a medical operation illegal in one city and yet that same operation would be legal in the rest of the state.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by ila

If I understand the linked news story correctly then the proposed ban would only apply to the city of San Francisco. I have to wonder if the city really has the power to enact a law like this. It would be rather strange to make a medical operation illegal in one city and yet that same operation would be legal in the rest of the state.

I wonder if it is a put on, it seems so absurd.
However, Fran may have a point, that it has something to do with gays. Circumcision is highly recommended for gays to reduce risk of AIDS.

[franalexes]

Originally Posted by randolph

Gee, I learn something new every day on this forum. I didn't know the foreskin was equivalent to the hymen!
Gay virgins? Really?

In the context that it is used, virgin, would mean un-altered.
A penis without a foreskin might be like a raincoat without a hood. A small detail but without it the function can be greatly different. Now if you never had one, then you wouldn't understand anyway.

[smc]

Without weighing in on the question, I'd just like to point out that for anyone who knows San Francisco, the neighborhoods in which this guy is collecting signatures to get the proposition on the ballot is a hoot: SoMa, the Castro, the Haight, and Noe Valley. I'd love to hear some of those street conversations!