MYOB

What is it with those loonies in San Francisco? Don't they have more important things to worry about? And why is this any of their business?

Circumcision on ballot in San Francisco: Will voters okay ban?

What's the truth about circumcision? Is it a valuable tradition with important health benefits - or just another way to inflict suffering on little boys?

Voters in San Francisco will soon be able to weigh in, as a measure to ban male circumcision is on the ballot for the upcoming November election.

The proposed law would prohibit circumcision in males under age 18. What if a child is born into a religion that requires circumcision? It wouldn't matter - whoever wields the scalpel would face a $1,000 fine or up to one year in jail.

No matter how you slice it, this debate is going to upset a lot of people.

I don't have particularly strong feelings about circumcision one way or the other, but I do have strong feelings about the government telling people what they can or cannot do. This is a matter of parental choice, not something for the government to get involved in. If the government goes around poking its nose in where it doesn't belong at some point it's going to get chopped off...