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MotherNurture
13-03-2008, 02:47
http://www.baptiststandard.com/postnuke/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=7505

Posted: 3/07/08

Circumcision: Are parents cutting
out the sign of the covenant?

By Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press

NEW YORK (ABP)—The foundational symbol of God’s ancient covenant with his people is getting a lot less common in the United States, but medical and theological debates still rage about the propriety of circumcision.

Recent legal battles over whether parents can mandate circumcision for their children and new medical findings regarding the relative merits and risks of the practice have given parents reason to pause...