Dad appeals to US Supreme Court to have 13-year-old son circumcised against...

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...mother's will? What are your opinions on this article?
http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/05/dad_appeals_teen_sons_circumci.html
I personally believe the boy should be left to make up his own mind about which religion he wishes to follow (if any) when he is an adult...
 
That's nothing. I'm 26 and my mother is still trying to get an abortion.. Has anybody asked the kid what he wants done to his weenie?
 
I think the judge should take the boy aside and ask him what he wants to do. Mother says he doesn't want it done but is scared to tell his father. The boy is old enough to decide for himself.

I think I would feel differently if the father had converted to Judaism before the son was born. But for the father to argue that preventing him from circumcising his son violates his constitutional right to practice his religion, well, I think that is wrong. At 13 the boy is old enough to have rights of his own and should not be part of his 'father's rights', he is not a possession.
 
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