California – Governor Jerry Brown announced on Sunday that he signed a bill preventing local authorities from banning the practice of male circumcision.
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The bill, which takes effect immediately, comes in the wake of an effort by a San Francisco group opposed to male circumcision to enforce a city-wide ban of the practice in a November ballot measure.
That effort was struck down in late July by a California judge who said it would infringe on religious freedom. The measure was removed from the November ballot.
The measure, which garnered 12,000 signatures of support, would have made it a misdemeanor crime to circumcise a boy before he is 18 years old in San Francisco, regardless of the parents’ religious beliefs.
Thank you Governor, you should live long and healthy life!
Thanks a million Mr. Governor for your support to the Jewish community. I am sure, the almighty will bless you with all the blessings of our Torah.
Governor, thank you very much:
No body would stop us to do a bris on a newborn child, our parents thought us that these mitzvos are being done with mesiras nefesh for every price.
Jerry Brown, the moonbeam clown, finally got something right.