‘Foreskin Man’s’ anti-Semitic slam dunk in circumcision wars?

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published my op-ed about “” title=”starting in San Francisco” target=”_blank”>starting in San Francisco, and they claim the act is no different than female genital mutilation.

I know. It’s bonkers.

My op-ed focused more on the cultural and religious implications of prohibiting a covenantal act that Jews and Muslims are religiously commanded to perform. (The First Amendment issue is it’s own animal, and I largely left that alone.) ” title=”SF Chronicle” target=”_blank”>SF Chronicle describe what is going on:

Hmmmmm. Blonde superhero. An evil rabbi before a baby, a glass and a bottle of wine. And there’s a character named “warrior” of the “intactivist underground” who doesn’t care about rules or law and has one goal: “to stop child circumcisers dead in their tracks.”

I spoke with Matthew Hess of Foreskinman.com this morning. I asked him if the comic is anti-Semitic. He answered, “A lot of people have said that, but we’re not trying to be anti-Semitic. We’re trying to be pro-human rights.”

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