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Press Releases and Petitions
News and Articles
A Feminist Mohel Speaks Out August 16th, 2011
Circumcision Ban Debate Blurs Proven Health Benefits August 9th, 2011
S.F. court victory doesn’t put circumcision issue to rest — yet August 5th, 2011
Judge Strikes Circumcision Ban August 5th, 2011
Relief as judge blocks vote to ban the brit August 4th, 2011
Circumcision ban removed from ballot August 4th, 2011
City’s Defense of Jewish Community a Factor as Circumcision Ban Falls August 4th, 2011
San Francisco judge removes circumcision ban from ballot July 28th, 2011
Judge Orders Circumcision Measure Removed from Ballot July 28th, 2011
Judge Orders Circumcision Ban Off SF Ballot July 28th, 2011
Older Articles
June 23, 2011 ... Lawsuit aims to axe circumcision bill from S.F. ballot; J Weekly
June 23, 2011 ... Religious Groups File Suit over Circumcision Ban; CBN.com
June 23, 2011 ... Legal road to get anti-circumcision bill off ballot is one worth taking; J Weekly
June 23, 2011 ... Lawsuit Challenges Referendum on Circumcision Ban; Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty
June 23, 2011 ... No circumcision in San Francisco? Jews, Muslims sue to stop proposed ban; CBS News
June 23, 2011 ... San Francisco's anti-circumcision initiative faces court challenge; CNN.com
June 22, 2011 ... Opponents Of SF Circumcision Ban File Lawsuit To Have It Removed From Ballot; SF Appeal
June 22, 2011 ... Circumcisions: Jewish, Muslim groups oppose ban; SFGate.com
June 22, 2011 ... Circumcision Ban Challenged: Religious Leaders File Lawsuit Today; SFWeekly.com
June 22, 2011 ... Coalition sues to keep circumcision ban off S.F. ballot; JewishJournal.com
June 22, 2011 ... Circumcision Ban Challenged: Religious Leaders File Lawsuit Today; SFWeekly
June 22, 2011 ... Lawsuit seeks to block SF vote on circumcision ban; MSNCBC
June 22, 2011 ... Opponents of proposed circumcision ban file lawsuit to block November initiative
; LA Times
June 22, 2011 ... Opponents of SF circumcision ban file lawsuit; ABClocal
June 21, 2011 ... The great California foreskin fight of 2011; JewishJournal.com
June 20, 2011 ... No Holds Barred: Sex and circumcision; The Jerusalem Post
June 16, 2011 ... Campaign perspectives and responsibilities; The Bay Area Reporter
June 16, 2011 ... LGBT Jewish leaders cry foul on anti-circumcision campaign; The Bay Area Reporter
June 15, 2011 ... Ban circumcision? Why not ear piercing?; CNN
June 8, 2011 ... Intactivists' waging ugly anti-circumcision push; SFGate
June 8, 2011 ... Forum with Michael Krasny: SF Circumcision Ban; KQED Radio
June 8, 2011 ... Anti-circumcision comic outrages Jewish community; ABC Local
June 7, 2011 ... To Those Attempting to Justify Hate Speech Through Campaigns:; Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club
June 7, 2011 ... Banning Circumcision and Targeting Jews In San Francisco -- How Dare They?; FOXNews.com
June 7, 2011 ... Parents, not government, should decide on circumcision; CNN.com
June 6, 2011 ... Foreskin Man Comic Illustrates Controversy Over S.F. Circumcision Ban; SF Weekly
June 4, 2011 ... Campaign supporting circumcision ban should be snipped; SF Examiner
June 4, 2011 ... Efforts to Ban Circumcision Gain Traction in California; New York Times
June 4, 2011 ... Campaign against circumcision evokes images of anti-Semitism; The Los Angeles Times
June 4, 2011 ... US anti-circumcision comic is grotesque; The Jerusalem Post
June 3, 2011 ... The Circumcision Wars; The Wall Street Journal
June 3, 2011 ... "Foreskin Man" brings anti-Semitic imagery into circumcision fight; Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
June 3, 2011 ... Literature for SF's anti-circumcision measure stars "monster" rabbis and blonde superheroes; SFGate
June 2, 2011 ... Circumcision and the Special City; SFGate
June 1, 2011 ... Body and Soul; New Jersey Jewish News
June 1, 2011 ... A tip for San Francisco; The Vancouver Sun
May 31, 2011 ...
Circumcision Ban Isn't "Only in San Francisco"
After All;
SF Weekly
May 30, 2011 ... Battle over circumcision is shaping up in California; JTA
May 25, 2011 ... A ban on circumcision?; The Boston Globe
May 24, 2011 ... Archbishop opposes circumcision
ban; Catholic San Francisco
May 21, 2011 ... Tim Rutten: S.F. circumcision proposition doesn't belong on the ballot; LA Times
May 20, 2011 ... Circumcision ban infringes on rights; SFGate.com
April 28, 2011 ...
Religious groups oppose male circumcision ban for San Francisco;
SF Examiner
April 28, 2011 ... Editorial: Ban on circumcision is way
over the line; J weekly
April 28, 2011 ... Groups mobilize as circumcision ban
moves closer to ballot; J weekly
April 28, 2011 ... SF Religious Groups Oppose Proposed Ban On
Circumcision; KTVU.com
April 26, 2011 ... Circumcision ban could make ballot in SF; ABC Local