I respectfully disagree. Today it’s “the feds need to protect possible victims of genital mutilations.” Tomorrow it’s “the feds need to protect possible victims of gun violence.” No thanks.
Lemme guess: you’re a man.
That is the hard part of conservatism.
Stepping back from your emotions and taking a rational, long-term view of the path that “the government should do something about this outrage (of the moment)” will take.
Is this (FGM) wrong? You bet. Is it the purview of the federal government, and could the approach to cure it at a federal level be misused?
The victims are minors.
False equivalence. It’s also a presumption that FGM is “free exercise of religion”, which it is not.