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25. Oh yes..

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #16)

Tue Apr 18, 2017, 07:14 PM

Apr 2017

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and it's quite predictable.

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Michigan doctor says female genital surgery was a 'religious practice' -- not mutilation [View all] DonViejo Apr 2017 OP

What exactly is ExciteBike66 Apr 2017 #1

The lawyer claims she only "wiped" the "mucous membrane." RedWedge Apr 2017 #3

I'm assuming it is the "excess" labial tissue that many women have around their vaginas... Wounded Bear Apr 2017 #4

I'm surprised more religions haven't declared the human head "excess unnecessary tissue" Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #23

Anything in the name of religion! HAB911 Apr 2017 #2

Silly Dr mercuryblues Apr 2017 #5

Christians have "beliefs" leftynyc Apr 2017 #7

That is not what I said mercuryblues Apr 2017 #10

I got exactly what you meant and ITA! 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2017 #27

Another rather tortured attempt at "equivalence" whathehell Apr 2017 #13

tortured attempt? mercuryblues Apr 2017 #20

Sounds awful, but I doubt even you would say it's equal to being mutilated as a child whathehell Apr 2017 #24

And the Catholic Church would let you die from an ectopic pregnancy rather than 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2017 #28

Sorry, even that doesn't equate to mutilating children.. whathehell Apr 2017 #42

I wonder how many of the women condemned by the Catholic Church to die excrutiating, unnecessary 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2017 #45

The church can't "condemn" her to anything, as a woman is free whathehell Apr 2017 #50

Right! Some choice, huh? Have a lifesaving abortion, or get an express ticket to hell. 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2017 #51

No, sorry, the melodrama is impressive, but can't override the facts. whathehell Apr 2017 #68

I'm going to remember this thread leftynyc Apr 2017 #73

Sounds good. whathehell Apr 2017 #74

And NASA bombed the moon, too. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #44

It has everything to do with it. 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2017 #46

I don't think anyone here agrees with the RCC on reproductive choice or the lack thereof. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #48

This subject is too important and the abuse is too widespread not to point out the similarities. 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2017 #54

I agree with pretty much every point you're making here Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #56

There are 57 replies in this thread but *I* hijacked it. 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2017 #58

Most of those replies are on topic. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #59

I wasn't aware you were the on topic arbiter. 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2017 #61

so--- how about that moon bombing, huh? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #62

again, that is not what I said mercuryblues Apr 2017 #36

I didn't say that you did... whathehell Apr 2017 #41

Maybe because Christian 'beliefs" don't mandate sexual mutilation whathehell Apr 2017 #11

So just some christian mercuryblues Apr 2017 #37

You're trying hard.. whathehell Apr 2017 #40

They do in quite a few countries jberryhill Apr 2017 #66

In Africa... whathehell Apr 2017 #67

And this makes me glad I'm an atheist. Initech Apr 2017 #6

Like Circumcision? TBA Apr 2017 #8

Um, no., FGM, circumcision doesn't eliminate sexual feeling in boys.. whathehell Apr 2017 #12

+1 Blue_Tires Apr 2017 #16

Oh yes.. whathehell Apr 2017 #25

Fail grossproffit Apr 2017 #33

"Religious practice" safeinOhio Apr 2017 #9

Gawd speaks in mysterious ways... Thor_MN Apr 2017 #31

And yet male genital mutilation is ongoing and encouraged in our society Calculating Apr 2017 #14

I thought that it was done for health reasons. pennylane100 Apr 2017 #15

That's mostly wrong Calculating Apr 2017 #17

Bigger issue in third world countries Yupster Apr 2017 #19

You get a couple of percentage point bump if you live in Africa... Baconator Apr 2017 #18

Health reasons would eliminate the traditional method of circumcision csziggy Apr 2017 #32

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2017 #72

I think that ought to be a different conversation. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #21

Yes, it's a poor analogy.. whathehell Apr 2017 #43

agree, all forms of circ/mod of children should be illegal. radius777 Apr 2017 #65

that isn't necessarily my position, but this isn't the place to debate it. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #71

Give me a break. grossproffit Apr 2017 #34

Female genital mutilation is the equivalent of loping off the penis altogether. RandySF Apr 2017 #55

But But DERPLY HERLD RELERGERS BERLERFS Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #22

No difference. elleng Apr 2017 #26

Gosh. Cruelty in the name of religion. Who could have imagined such a thing? n/t Binkie The Clown Apr 2017 #29

Oh please... whathehell Apr 2017 #47

I didn't condemn religion in general. Binkie The Clown Apr 2017 #49

Look deep enough and there is creulty in all religions GulfCoast66 Apr 2017 #57

+1000 ! n/t Binkie The Clown Apr 2017 #70

If she can point to it in the Quran, she can be let go Warpy Apr 2017 #30

No she can't RandySF Apr 2017 #53

He should be castrated, penis and all. Greybnk48 Apr 2017 #35

The surgeon is a woman. rug Apr 2017 #39

Lock that kook up and throw away the keys. oasis Apr 2017 #38

Fuck that. RandySF Apr 2017 #52

Fuck these people MFM008 Apr 2017 #60

This is why I hate these religious freedom bills. Ilsa Apr 2017 #63

whats funny is all manner of oppressive, theocratic bullshit would be okay Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #64

This breaks my heart... Blue_Roses Apr 2017 #69