‘Thank you’ Doesn’t Seem Enough

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Iceland nearly banned circumcision this year. It all began last February when MP Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir of the Progressive party proposed a bill threatening a six year prison sentence for anyone who performs a circumcision on an individual under 18 years of age, without any medical necessity. When the news first broke, I have to admit, things looked grim. It looked like Iceland was going to be the first country to ban circumcision and that other European countries would quickly follow suit. At that time, I began to contemplate how I could get involved to stop this ghastly violation of religious freedom.

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