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I was intrigued, so I bought a copy of the episode. I'm glad he made this non-negotiable; it seems few dads do. Mario sounded pretty informed about the subject and his points were essentially irrefutable: "This is how males are made - deal with it. The alternative means unnecessary surgery, and I can't condone it. Circ is painful. The foreskin is integral and functional - don't pretend it isn't."
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It was a bit disappointing to see not only his brother-in-law and sister-in-law (Courtney's family) conspire to push circumcision, but even Mario's only sibling, Marissa, argue that circumcision is good and her own son felt nothing. Out of 14 people at the dinner table, the only one with a foreskin and making the pro-intact case was Mario Lopez. Talk about ganged up on. His sister's husband and son are cut, his wife's brother and brother-in-law are cut, and Mario's mom kept mum. Kudos to him in an obviously uphill battle. Of course, he can always find support from his intact former co-star on Saved by the Bell, Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
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I love how Mario related the issue to his Italian-American inlaws: "We're the only country that does this. Italy doesn't do this."
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I did find it weird that Courtney was so fixated that her future son might be made fun of in LA. Aren't intact boys pretty solidly the majority on the West Coast? Then again, she's an Easterner.
Apparently it's a show about he and his wife having a baby, and in the scene I saw, he made a solid case for intactness during a family dinner. Go Mario! Anyone know more?
