{"id":936,"date":"2011-07-29T09:46:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T13:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=936"},"modified":"2011-07-29T09:46:06","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T13:46:06","slug":"fun-friday-prayers-answered-for-smokin-hot-wife-circumcision-ban-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/07\/fun-friday-prayers-answered-for-smokin-hot-wife-circumcision-ban-banned.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: Prayers Answered for Smokin&#8217; Hot Wife &amp; Circumcision Ban Banned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I expected &#8212; though perhaps not this quickly &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/news\/article\/2011\/07\/28\/3088751\/judge-strikes-circumcision-ban-from-ballot#When:18:20:00Z\">San Francisco&#8217;s proposed ballot measure banning circumcision<\/a>\u00a0has been, ahem, nipped in the bud. On a serious note, the debate over the pros and cons of circumcision, both medically <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/07\/29\/us\/29bccircumcise.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss\">and religiously<\/a>, continues&#8230; with no end in sight.<\/p>\n<p>And now for something really fun:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/2011\/07\/thanking-god-for-that-smokin-hot-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thanking God for that smokin&#8217; hot wife<\/a> (GetReligion)<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to\u00a0<strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I expected &#8212; though perhaps not this quickly &#8212; San Francisco&#8217;s proposed ballot measure banning circumcision\u00a0has been, ahem, nipped in the bud. On a serious note, the debate over the pros and cons of circumcision, both medically and religiously, continues&#8230; with no end in sight. 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