Religious minorities fear circumcision debate amounts to assault by secular society

[Warren Stupidity]

13. no rug that is bullshit

the law banned ritual circumcisions, not medical circumcisions.

In May 2012, the regional appellate court of the Landgericht in Cologne ruled that non-therapeutic circumcision of male children amounts to bodily injury, and is a criminal offence in the area under its jurisdiction.[32] The Cologne Regional Court (Landgericht Köln) arrived at its judgment by application of the human rights provisions of the Basic law, a section of the Civil Code (BGB), and some sections of the Criminal Code (StGB) to non-therapeutic circumcision of male children. The Court found:
that the child's family was of the Islamic faith.
that the circumcision was carried out for religious reasons and not for medical reasons.
that circumcision inflicts bodily harm with permanent and irreparable damage to the body.
that the child has a human right to physical integrity and self-determination. (Grundsegetz, Article 2)
that the child may not grant consent because of his minority.
that the parents must act in the best interests of the child. (German Civil Code (BGB) §1627)
that giving consent for non-therapeutic circumcision is not in the best interests of the child.
that the parents' fundamental human right to practice religion (Grundsegetz, Article 4) are limited by the child's rights to physical integrity and self-determination.
that circumcision without consent is criminal assault (Criminal Code §223).
that circumcision must be deferred until the child himself can decide about circumcision.
that the Muslim medical doctor had made a "mistake of law" and was released from criminal punishment in accordance with §17 of the Criminal Code (StGB).[33]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_and_law#Germany

Even there, the ban is only on non-consensual male circumcisions, a boy old enough to consent could undergo ritual genital mutilation in order to satisfy the peculiar demands of an imaginary sky being.