Circumcision and Public Policy

Patterico says, "if it's important enough to say in a comment, it's important enough to post". Well, I've been commenting at length on Eugene Volokh's posts here and here about the recent flap here in NYC over the practise of oral suction during ritual circumcision.

I've also weighed in on the question of banning headscarves (The setup is a bit confusing - my comments are here, and are not linked from the post to which they refer!).