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2020-09-14 Europe

Danish PM opposes bill banning circumcision, cites her promise to Jews

[JP] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Frederiksen on Saturday for opposing the bill, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office.

Denmark’s prime minister opposes a bill seeking to ban the nonmedical circumcision of boys, saying "Danish Jews must continue to be part of Denmark."

Mette Frederiksen of the ruling Social Democrat party made the statement during an interview Thursday on TV2 about a bill submitted last month in parliament by a leader of the left-wing Forward party, which seeks to outlaw the circumcision of minors without medical reason as done by Muslims and Jews.

Frederiksen appeared to reference the fate of Danish Jews during the Holocaust, when hundreds of boat owners smuggled thousands of Jews to safety in Sweden and beyond the reach of the Nazi occupation.

"Many Jews do not find it compatible to live in a country where circumcision is banned," she said. "I simply do not believe that we can make a decision in which we do not live up to the promise we made, namely that the Danish Jews must continue to be part of Denmark."

Several major political parties have said they support a ban, which has widespread popular support in Denmark by those who believe it’s child abuse and opponents of Muslim immigration.
Rabbi Yitzi Loewenthal, the emissary of the Chabad Hasidic movement in Denmark, wrote in a statement that Danish Jews "are grateful to the prime minister and others who have come out clearly against" the bill.

"Denmark was a beacon of light," Loewenthal wrote, and "we hope that light burns strong and long."

Posted by Besoeker 2020-09-14 08:23|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 So, this is the Danish Foreskin Protection Act?
(Don't do it for the children?)

Posted by ed in texas 2020-09-14 11:24|| 2020-09-14 11:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Danish gum'ment just needs to butt the f**k out.

Posted by Clem 2020-09-14 11:25|| 2020-09-14 11:25|| Front Page Top

#3 FGM is bad but MGM is 'tradition'?

Posted by Skidmark 2020-09-14 11:48|| 2020-09-14 11:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Female circumcision cuts off the nerve bundle, Skidmark. Male circumcision cuts off a bit of superficial skin, about as exciting as pierced earlobes or a nose ring.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-09-14 23:02|| 2020-09-14 23:02|| Front Page Top

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