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This is totally wrong. There are plenty of medical reasons for circumcision. Maybe they will require a medical doctor ot perform it rather than a Rabbi. (There have been some accidents). How about Muslims messing with the girls, also called circumcision?

Sexual wellness researchers recognize that male circumcision has significant public health benefits. The World Health Organization and UNAIDS currently recommend circumcision as part of a comprehensive program for prevention of HIV transmission in areas with high endemic disease rates. Kenyan health officials want more than 1 million men to get circumcised by the end of 2012, because the procedure can reduce the risk of contracting HIV by up to 60 percent. If the effort succeeds, it will likely prove a model for the rest of Africa.

I do not believe that male circummcision should be legally mandated for all. However, having one's infant boys circumcised is a reasonable decision: neither ignorant nor barbaric.

The word "mutilation" in this context is misleading. Mutilation connotes crippling or maiming: the deliberate deprivation of overall function. This is not the case with the circumcised penis: its reproductive function is unimpaired, and circumcised men find intercourse an intensely pleasurable experience.

This makes male circumcision significantly different from female genital mutilation, which truly is maiming.