With all due respect to those who are advocates of male infant circumcision I have to post my expereince and my truth: I had my first son circumcised as an infant in 1969. Little information was "out" yet to the public about this issue -- except (we were told) that circumcision was supposed to be "cleaner" and help avoid infections. That's all the info I had to "go on" and itseemed plausible at the time to me. However, in the interim between the birth of my 1st son and the birth of my second and 3rd sons (1982 and 1985) I learned a whole lot more about this subject. For one thing, I learned that a non circumcised child is easily kept "clean" and the "how to" of it. I also learned how the natural progression of the foreskin changes (loosens from the glans) naturally as the boy grows. Mothering Magazine and La Leche League have given me and many other parents the greatly needed infomration a parent needs to arm themselves with the truth in order to hold to their beliefs when others who do not believe in allowing a boy to have their natural penis speak against their decision. Anyone needing more information on this topic can get infomration from Mothering.org or doing a google search. As far as I'm concerned, circumcision is a "blood ritual" that we can leave behind as all will eventually do with mercury amalgam fillings. Yes, this is a very emotional subject for me!!! I've been "to the moutain tops" on it. So glad my last two sons are "natural" -- the way God made them.
Harriet