Is San Francisco anti-Semitic? No-Circ?

There is currently a proposed municipal law in San Francisco banning circumcision. That is, the surgical cutting-off of the foreskin of the penis of newborn babies.

This is clearly anti-Semitic. Circumcision is a key event in the life of a Jewish baby. Banning this act is slap in the face to Jews: it is akin to prohibiting Protestants to wear a cross around their necks, prohibiting Hindus from wearing a turban, prohibiting Muslim females from wearing a burkha, or prohibiting a Jew from wearing a yarmulke at public events (oh, wait, this is already banned in some cases).

Being a circumcised male, I sometimes wish it were not so. ALL males from my generation are ‘clippies’. Nevertheless, this is no reason to outright ban a medical procedure that is integral to a religious procedure.

If San Francisco were even a teeny bit as sensitive to Jewish sensibilities as it to, oh, say, vegans, such a law would be simply laughed out of polite society. This is way beyond simply expressing the wish that perhaps you ought not to automatically have your baby circumcised.

If this were a football game and I were an official, I would throw my yellow flag and penalize the defense 15 yards for illegal facemask grabbing, automatic first down.