There’s a biblical difference between circumcision and FGM. We should not equate the two as being the same kind of mutilation when one was once commanded by God as the sign of the covenant. For that reason alone, governments have no authority to outlaw circumcision.
crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation. 16 Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule—to[b] the Israel of God.