tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152955260192290179.post5905097638527371028..comments2024-01-13T20:01:46.765-05:00Comments on Saving Our Sons: Circumcision: Already Illegal?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152955260192290179.post-47187788547691543362012-04-20T22:20:28.926-04:002012-04-20T22:20:28.926-04:00Great article! Now if we could just get people to...Great article! Now if we could just get people to understand this.Marehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459075868394984956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152955260192290179.post-16546691437072587302012-04-20T22:18:56.972-04:002012-04-20T22:18:56.972-04:00The Equal Protection Clause (8.6) of the 14th Amen...The Equal Protection Clause (8.6) of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits U.S. States from denying any person within their jurisdiction equal protection of the laws.<br /><br />Section 1 of this clause reads: <br /><br />"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."<br /><br /><br />The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in December, 1948, by members of the United Nations declares in Articles 2 and 5: <br /><br />"Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.<br /><br />No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment."<br /><br /><br />The Federal Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 1995 (which was signed into law in 1996, and went into effect - punishable as a felony under federal U.S. law in 1997) prohibits ANY genital cutting of any kind - including small pin pricks or nicks - to a minor child or baby under the age of 18, for any reason whatsoever (religious or otherwise). <br /><br />This FGM Bill, in combination with the 14th Amendment Clause 8.6, makes all forms of MGM equally a federal violation. <br /><br />MGM is most certainly "already illegal" in the United States.Mark Jnoreply@blogger.com