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Marina, Calif. Supporters of the movement to ban circumcision
in San Francisco came out Saturday to protest the American
Civil Liberties Union on the California State University Monterey Bay Campus.
San Francisco approved a November 2011 ballot measure to
outlaw circumcision of minors in the city. But a judge took if off the ballot
last summer, saying the city has no authority to ban circumcision.
Supporters say ACLU members, who were holding
a seminar today near the Monterey College of Law, played a big part in stopping
the ballot measure.
"We want little boys in this country to
enjoy the same legal projection that little girls currently enjoy under federal
law which prohibits any form of female circumcision or genital mutilation,"
said David
Lane, an anti-circumcision activist.
The activists say they will not be able
to get the measure on another ballot, but will continue to protest circumcision
until a law banning them is on the books.
