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(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!! SERIOUSLY!!!!!!A controversial proposal to make male circumcision a crime, punishable by up to 6 years in prison, will not go to a vote in parliament. The standing committee on Judicial matters and Education has voted to dismiss the bill and refer it to the cabinet. The bill has come under intense criticism from religious leaders, both in Iceland and internationally.
Controversial bill
The first sponsor and author of the bill, Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir, a member of parliament for the centrist Progress Party, has argued that the ban is necessary to "protect the rights of children." The bill was introduced in parliament t the end of January. Since then Parliament has received 133 public comments on the ban. Individual members of parliament have also been bombarded with messages and letters from both supporters and opponents of the bill.
Among the international organizations who have condemned the bill is the Anti Defamation League.
On March 1 parliament sent the bill to the committee on Judicial affairs for comment, where it has been stuck since. The committee has now decided not to let the bill go forward for a vote on the floor.
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elleng
(131,370 posts)The first sponsor and author of the bill, Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir, a member of parliament for the centrist Progress Party, has argued that the ban is necessary to "protect the rights of children."
Behind the Aegis
(54,052 posts)Glad it failed.
Doodley
(9,176 posts)Behind the Aegis
(54,052 posts)But that's not what is being discussed.
Doodley
(9,176 posts)have been conditioned from a young age to think it is acceptable and 'normal.'
Behind the Aegis
(54,052 posts)I suggest you make propagandist claims because you were conditioned to do so.
Doodley
(9,176 posts)Behind the Aegis
(54,052 posts)Which is why I labeled what you said as propaganda because I knew what your conditioning was leading to. And, here is where the "conversation" ends with the likes of you.
Doodley
(9,176 posts)to the rights of children are "propagandists." Most babies worldwide are not circumcised and many people think it is a disgusting way to treat a child. Sorry, if you can't handle that fact without being offensive.