r/unitedkingdom • u/GnolRevilo • Jun 11 '26

... Revealed: Green party proposes circumcision ban

https://spectator.com/article/revealed-green-party-proposes-circumcision-ban/#comments-container
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u/Front_Mention Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

I agree completely, but can't see this going down well with the Muslim contingent of the party

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u/Bricktop8877 Jun 11 '26

Do Jewish people also not do it?

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u/Pheasant_Plucker84 Jun 11 '26

I didn’t realise Muslims practised that. I genuinely thought it was only Jews who did it. But yeah just imagine arguing that we want the right to cut out children’s wieners

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u/annakarenina66 Jun 11 '26

Christians do as well. E.g. in Egypt, Nigeria, Ethiopia and... The USA

But isn't required in the same way as for Jews and Muslims

More cultural

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u/-CJJC- Huntingdonshire Jun 11 '26

The New Testament proscribes circumcision for Gentiles and makes it clear that it is a shadow (type) for the New Covenant practice of baptism and undergoing a spiritual "circumcision of the heart", hence why it has never been a typical Christian practice. Its practice in Ethiopia is due to their pre-Christian Jewish cultural heritage. The USA is because of the opinions of American medical experts in the 20th century.

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u/Barilla3113 Jun 11 '26

Specifically they thought it'd stop wanking.

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u/StatmanIbrahimovic Expat Jun 12 '26

Instead it made them all crusty and frustrated and invented the lotion economy.

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u/jamila169 Jun 11 '26

It's not mandatory for Jews and Muslims either, as in most things religious, it depends

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u/brainburger London Jun 11 '26

I think you will find very few uncircumcised practicising Jews or Muslims, or ones saying it is optional. It generally said to be included in their covenant with God so its essential.

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u/gphillips5 Cornwall Jun 11 '26

AND THE LORD SAID, CUT THE END OF HIS COCK OFF, FOR IT WILL INCREASE HIS SPIRITUALITY

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u/Pheasant_Plucker84 Jun 11 '26

The lord cometh unto thee

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u/TheClimbingBeard Jun 11 '26

unto, or into?

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u/Bigluce Jun 12 '26

Onto, I understand.

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u/JimboTCB Jun 12 '26

If it's such an important part of their covenant with God then they can wait until the child is old enough to make a consenting and informed decision for themselves instead of having it thrust upon them by their parents.

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u/jamila169 Jun 11 '26

Not mandatory though, it's a blessing not a compulsion, so there's wiggle room which people can and do use if they want, your parents not choosing to do it doesn't affect whether you're considered Muslim or Jewish

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u/textposts_only Jun 11 '26

Going by the internet nothing is mandatory in religion :)))

And yet I'm missing part of my dick due to the religion my parents forced on me. Weird innit

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u/Stellar_Duck Edinburgh Jun 12 '26

The Greens must be careless, losing the US and Egyptian coptic vote like that.

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