View Signature DetailsClick here to go back to the list of signatures Name: Gerald Larue, Ph.D. Address: USA Gender: Male Education: Completed Post-Graduate College Award/Prize/Recognition: Humanist of the Year (1989) Comments: Biblical Scholar and USC Professor-Emeritus opposed genital mutilations in "Religious Traditions and Circumcision" (Truth Seeker July/August 1989). Dr. Larue provided the following additional statement: The practice of male and female circumcision is based on mindless adherence to outmoded folk customs and questionable religious and medical dogma. It is not enough simply to protest this barbaric maltreatment of children; it is necessary to exercise control to protect children. Only world-wide legislation outlawing circumcision (except in extreme cases of medical necessity) and providing fines and punishment for those who continue to mutilate children's sexual organs, whether in the name of religion or tradition , will provide the needed protection. I heartily support The Ashley Montagu Commemorative Resolution to End the Genital Mutilation of Children Worldwide. |