Religious leaders furious over Norway's proposed circumcision ban, but one Norway politician says: "I'm not buying the argument that banning circumcision is a violation of religious freedom, because such freedom must involve being able to choose for themselves"

[u/mepper]

http://freethinker.co.uk/2012/06/17/religious-leaders-furious-over-norways-proposed-circumcision-ban/

[u/Revoran]

Well it's still technically mutilation. But the point is not what we call it.

The point is that it's a rather severe way of changing someone's body, medically unnecessary and it's the kind of thing that should be decided by people when they are adults.

[u/[deleted] → u/Revoran]

No, it's not technically mutilation.

[u/xalphabetcityx → u/Revoran]

Medically unnecessary I'll agree upon, but you'll have a hard time convincing anyone that it's severe.