# Genital mutilation of young girls. But it's a religious thing!

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**Created:** [April 23, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genital-mutilation-of-young-girls-but-its-a-religious-thing/785057 "2017-04-23T11:44:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genital-mutilation-of-young-girls-but-its-a-religious-thing/785057/477 "2018-12-06T15:05:03Z")

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> [@Thing Fish](#):
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> Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever encountered an anti-circumcision zealot who WASN’T a raging narcisstic asshole? It’s, like, a requirement, I think.

If holding the position that inflicting severe unnecessary pain on defenseless babies is morally wrong, and should be combated by every legal non-violent means possible is zealotry, then I plead guilty to being a zealot. I believe it’s one of the largest ongoing human rights violations occurring in the Western world.

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