I'm sure someone will say "because of hygeine" and someone else will say "because an uncircumcised penis looks funny", I have to say those are REALLY DUMB reasons for mutilating your child's body without their consent. If your reason is religious, that's fine, but if it's not LEAVE IT ALONE. And teach them how to clean themselves. (You're actually cutting off part of their penis, for heck's sake, and not only that, the most sensitive part. It's like snipping off pieces of a girl's labia or clitoris.)

I don't think that it is really useful nowadays, but as it is a religious law, not only in Judaism, I am afraid it will not disappear so easily. "Circumcision is the removal of some or all of the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis. The word "circumcision" comes from Latin circum (meaning "around") and cædere (meaning "to cut"). The earliest pictures are from cave drawings of Ancient Egyptian tombs, though some pictures may be open to interpretation. Male circumcision is a religious commandment in Judaism as well as in Islam, and customary in some Oriental Orthodox and other Christian churches in Africa. Circumcision is most common in the Middle East, the USA and parts of Africa and Asia. According to WHO 30% of men worldwide have had the procedure, mostly in developing countries where it is common for religious or cultural reasons. Opponents of circumcision condemn infant circumcision as being medically unjustified and an infringement upon individual bodily rights, while advocates of circumcision regard it as a worthwhile public health measure, particularly in the control of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. In March 2007 the World Health Organization and UNAIDS recognized male circumcision as an effective intervention for HIV prevention, but warned that male circumcision only provides partial protection and should not replace other interventions to prevent the heterosexual transmission of HIV. Circumcision may also be used to treat inflammation of the glans and penile cancer. Using circumcision to treat phimosis (see section below) is debated in medical literature." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision

I think the only good reason to get a child circumcised is because of religious reasons but even then it isn't worth the suffering of the young child. Does it really make sense to remove something for God when he was the one who gave it to you?

yes!... so many studies have found that its so much healthier in so many ways ... cleaner and stops the spread of certain types of germs

People argue over if male genital mutilation is exactly like or comparable to female genital mutilation. the answer? WHO CARES. the point is BOTH of them male and female are being CUT UP without thier consent. period end of story. IF we go as far as to make a FEDERAL LAW BANNING one, for equal protection there should be a FEDERAL BANN ON BOTH. Period. In the USA they make a law then when a issue comes up they dont like they amend or ignore the first law. law 1- EVERY HUMAN shall have equal protection under the law. 2- ONLY FEMALES CAN NOT BE MUTILATED law one is clear, law 2 violates law 1 .... if the usa really wants all their boys mutilated AMEND law one first. dont ignore it. just like the full faith and credit law says that all states must recongize the laws of the other (if i remember correctly) yet when a issue (gay marriage) comes up they ignore the full faith and credit law and say each state shall decide for that state only UNTIL a state allowed it. then they wanted to change it to a federal ban period. What next a FEDERAL LAW saying ALL MEN shall be Mutilated regardless of consent. while females can not even choose to be mutilated? ( term mutilated is only used when the PERSON themself does not choose or consent to any change to their body from the way it was born) (most not all) WOMEN SCREAM at the top of their lungs that their body is theirs and theirs alone but then with the same voice screams that men shall be mutilated without choice.

Nah. The foreskin protects the glans and keeps it sensitive. As for hygeine, it's not hard to teach kids how to clean out the smegma every once in a while. Still, a couple of girls I've talked to like circumsized over skinned, so that's a reason for as well. As long as it's done in a medically responsible way, I don't really care. It's not like cutting off a toe or something.