{"id":7766,"date":"2012-09-02T08:43:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T08:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/?p=7766"},"modified":"2012-09-02T08:43:42","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T08:43:42","slug":"religious-freedom-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/religious-freedom-2\/","title":{"rendered":"“Religious Freedom”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via<\/a> The New York Post<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Two children are dead, more are injured \u2014 yet a group of ultra-Orthodox rabbis say they plan to defy a health order in the name of religious freedom.<\/p>\n

Less than a year after a Brooklyn tot died following an ancient circumcision ritual, the rabbis say they will ignore a proposed law that would mandate parental-consent forms before performing the dangerous procedure.<\/p>\n

Over the past decade, at least one other newborn died after contracting herpes from the rite, in which the rabbi draws blood from the penis with his mouth.<\/p>\n

But ultra-Orthodox leaders are lashing out at the city\u2019s \u201cevil plans\u201d ahead of the Board of Health\u2019s vote next week.<\/p>\n

About 200 rabbis signed a proclamation claiming the Health Department \u201cprinted and spread lies . . . in order to justify their evil decree.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is clear to us, that there is not even an iota of blame or danger in this ancient and holy custom,\u201d the letter states.<\/p>\n

Most modern mohels \u2014 men trained to perform religious circumcisions, who are usually rabbis or doctors \u2014 remove blood from the baby\u2019s wound using a sterile pipette.<\/p>\n

But some Orthodox Jewish parents insist on an ancient \u201csuction by mouth\u201d ritual called metzitzah b\u2019peh.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s law would require mohels to distribute consent waivers, detailing the herpes risk, before the ritual.
\nRabbi David Niederman, executive director of the United Jewish Organization of Williamsburg, said no one will comply with the law, even if it\u2019s passed.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the government to force a rabbi who\u2019s practicing a religious act to tell his congregants it\u2019s dangerous is totally unacceptable,\u201d Niederman told The Post<\/em>…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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