Functioning of the male foreskin: A marvel of nature / God / Allah / Yahweh (Explanations of graphics: yellow = skin; red = mucosa; striped = cockstrap Source: www.circumstitions.com)
Rarely me a court ruling so happy as that of the Cologne Regional Court on the subject of circumcision for religious reasons!
The court, neither the parental rights, nor guaranteed by the Basic Law of religious freedom could justify this intervention. According to the report thus represents the first time a German court the religious custom punishable.
The child's right to physical integrity and religious self-determination now weighs higher than parental rights and traditions.
This is a hopeful sign for all those who give our law validity and archaic rules already want to illuminate past eras with the spirit of the Enlightenment and modern scientific knowledge.
The judgment was immediately a huge global reverberations and was honored as a "milestone".
Why only now? Everything tradition? (More ...)
