Scottish skittishness

[baybee]

"CHILDREN face longer waits for operations because of a massive backlog of
religious circumcisions."

"Requests for the procedure represent one in 10 referrals to surgeons at the
Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Yorkhill, Glasgow."

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Please see:
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/59807.html

[~Megan~]

Aren't most Scottish Catholic? The Catholic church has a long time standing against circumcision.

[Tofu the Geek]

Originally Posted by mamao'two

The Catholic church has a long time standing against circumcision.

I did some searching and it seems that the Catholic church has a standing against mutilation and amputation when NOT for medical reasons. Circumcision does not seem to have been specifically addressed but obviously fits into the mutilation/ampuation for no medical reason category. BUT, it was once believed that circumcision had a medical benefit. This I believe would explain why I know MANY Catholic men who were circumcised. One example, is 5 boys I know from a strict Catholic family, all circumcised. Mom would never have done it if it was specifically stated to be against the Catholic religion. Here was a decent, short bit I found on it http://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/catholic/

[kxsiven]

As it says in the article, it is about muslim immigrants' and jewish babies, not christian boys.

As far as I know all christian churches(lutheran, catholic, orthodox) here in Europe are very strongly against circumcision. Ofcourse they do not have opinion about non-christian children.

Europe has always been intact. Only a short period of time circ was practised in England&Ireland due to the Victorian masturbation hysteria.

(I know that even LDS church here in Europe doesn't accept circ, yet UTAH has one of the highest circ rates in USA.)

[Daisyuk]

No, the Scots are fanatical presbyterian, the Kirk of Scotland is very protestant. They've not been Catholic since before Mary, Queen of Scots time.

What irks me is why the h*** is the NHS carrying out non-therapeutic surgery for religious reasons. That's outrageous. (Or actually they aren't, which is why the religious lobby have their knickers in a twist over it.) No-one else can get cosmetic surgery just because they want it, why should they?

[PuppyFluffer]

This thread is discussing religious circumcision. We do not host discussions of a religious nature in this forum.

That discussion can be hosted in the Religious Studies forum.

Any questions, please PM me.