re: #240 marjoriemoon

This is what cuts (har har) at the hearts of Jews (and I suspect Muslims), when people try to enact these laws.

Paranoid, as I was reading upthread, isn’t the right word, but it certainly doesn’t bode well and fear is definitely a factor at some level. We have to do that if we’re going to say Never Again and mean it. That’s not just for Jews, btw. It’s anywhere where people are oppressed or are threatened with oppression. So when a red flag appears (this is a red flag) we take notice, particularly when justification for outlawing Judaism started in these ways.

I don’t know if that specifically is behind this law. It may not be, but the world is a lot crazier than it was and I don’t want to test theories.

I look at it this way: it’s going to disproportionately affect two religious minorities, i.e. two groups that have it done basically no matter what. The city is already cutting back on services in all sectors. So now it’s supposed to start policing medical procedures? Load of bull.

I have not looked into the free exercise implications, but I doubt if it’s even Constitutional.