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German court rules religious circumcision on boys an assault

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JB Horn:
Circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm, a German court ruled Tuesday in a landmark decision that the Jewish community said trampled on parents' religious rights.
The regional court in Cologne, western Germany, ruled that the "fundamental right of the child to bodily integrity outweighed the fundamental rights of the parents", a judgement that is expected to set a legal precedent.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/german-court-outlaws-religious-circumcision-172728400.html

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