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To: Bald Eagle who wrote (557801)	3/30/2004 8:55:16 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Baldy, have you been writing letters on your hot topic?: SAN DIEGO, CA (PRWEB) March 30, 2004 -- MGMbill.org announced that it submitted its male genital mutilation bill proposals to Congress and the California State Legislature for consideration. Both bills would amend current laws that protect girls from circumcision but not boys – a situation that a growing number of people believe is a violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The proposed bills were faxed to each member of Congress and the California State Legislature on February 23rd, with the exception of 22 legislators whose fax machines were unreachable. MGMbill.org enlisted the services of a Washington, D.C., lobbying support firm to coordinate the faxing task (638 faxes in all), with the remaining 22 members receiving their bills via e-mail.. . . . Matthew Hess, President of San Diego based MGMbill.org, said he hopes to find a few sympathetic lawmakers who will agree to sponsor his bills. "Somewhere in the halls of government there are legislators who know that circumcision is very, very wrong," said Hess. "Genital mutilation is an issue that both political parties should be able to come together on to address, and I hope that some of our elected leaders are willing to step forward and sponsor this legislation. Boys are entitled to the same legal protection from circumcision as girls under the Fourteenth Amendment, but the law as it is currently written protects only girls.” . . . emediawire.com Course, none of this is anyones business cept the parents and their health care providers.