Circumcision is grievous bodily harm, German judges rule

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147. To answer your question simply, "Yes".

The circumcision of males has been a fundamental covenant of the Jewish people with their God for more than 5,000 years now. Questions about slavery, sale of women, different types of cloth, burning offerings are not part of any covenant - they are instead laws which Jews choose to live by, and which have adapted and changed over the centuries. However, for a Jew to reject the coveant of circumcision is the same as a Roman Catholic rejecting the Holy Trinity. There are things that can be dispensed with and there are other things that are fundamental to a given faith. Circumcision for Jews is one of these. I can't help it if you refuse to understand this in your enthusiasm to condemn a practice you personally do not agree with - it's certainly your right to not agree with it or practice it yourself. But I flatly reject the notion that it's acceptable for a court of law, particularly a German one to assert any right to tell Jews how they may or may not practice their religion. We've been down that road before and the results weren't pretty.