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'''Mike Gatto''' was born in the Franklin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, to Joseph and Isolde Gatto. Gatto is a member of the following organizations: Democrats for Israel; The Sierra Club; The Burbank Democratic Club; The California League of Conservation Voters; The Silver Lake Improvement Association; and The Stonewall Democratic Club.<ref>{{REFweb | quote= | url=http://www.smartvoter.org/2010/04/13/ca/la/vote/gatto_m/bio.html | title=Full Biography for Mike Gatto | last= | first=Created from information supplied by the candidate | publisher=League of Women Voters of California Education Fund | website=Smart Voter | date=April 11, 2010 -04-11:46 | accessdate=2011-09-17
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== Pro-Circumcision Bill ==
In reaction to a proposed measure to ban [[circumcision ]] in minors under 18 years in the city of San Francisco this year, Mike Gatto gutted and amended [http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0751-0800/ab_768_bill_20110425_amended_asm_v97.html Assembly Bill 768], which was supposed to be a carbon emissions regulation law, and [http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0751-0800/ab_768_bill_20110707_amended_sen_v96.html re-wrote it] into one that "protects" circumcision under false claims,<ref name="prohibit">{{REFnews
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The [http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0751-0800/ab_768_bill_20110707_amended_sen_v96.html new law] attempts to dictate the medical validity of circumcision, declaring that ''"Male circumcision has a wide array of health and affiliative benefits,"'' and that thus ''"No local statute, ordinance, or regulation, or administrative action implementing a local statute, ordinance, or regulation shall prohibit or restrict the practice of male circumcision, or the exercise of parental authority with respect to the same."'' It is being presented as an ''"urgency bill necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety,"'' where, if signed into law, would take effect immediately.
By codifying statements that no medical organization in and outside of the [[United States ]] has ever dared to make, Gatto's law takes an unfounded position against the best medical authorities of the West, within and outside of the United States. The trend of opinion on routine non-therapeutic male [[circumcision ]] is so overwhelmingly negative in industrialized nations that it would be quite surprising were male circumcision to be recommended in the United States. No respected U.S. based medical board recommends [[circumcision ]] for U.S. infants, not even in the name of [[HIV ]] prevention. They all point to the [[Risks and complications| risks]], and they all state that there is no convincing evidence that the benefits outweigh these risks.
== Hypocrisy ==
Mike Gatto is working with other Demograts Democrats to make it harder for Californians to pass their own laws at the ballot box,<ref>{{REFnews
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== "Belief" and historical inaccuracy ==
In an interview with the [https://jewishjournal.com/ Jewish Journal], Mike Gatto said ''"there are a lot of Christians, too, who believe that [[circumcision ]] dates back to the origins of our faith."''<ref>{{REFnews
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2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.<br>
3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.<br>
4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.<br>
5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
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| Title= | Text=He talked to me about how important the issue [circumcision] was, and it was, quite frankly, an easy sell | Author=Mike Gatto | Source=JewishJournal| lang=| before=| after=| Transcription=| Translation= | ref=<ref name="JJ 2011-6-15">[http://www.jewishjournal.com/politics/article/circumcision_fight_moves_to_california_state_legislature_20110615/ (2011-6-15). Circumcision fight moves to california state legislature. JewishJournal]</ref>
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| Title= | Text=there are a lot of Christians, too, who believe that circumcision dates back to the origins of our faith. | Author=Mike Gatto | Source=JewishJournal| lang=| before=| after=| Transcription=| Translation= | ref=<ref name="JJ 2011-6-15"/>
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| Title= | Text=I think people who make that analogy are so wrong that their thinking does not color my thinking | Author=[[Brad Sherman]] | Source=JewishJournal| lang=| before=| after=| Transcription=| Translation= | ref=<ref name="JJ 2011-6-15"/>
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| Title= | Text=...would angrily denounce anyone who thought I should consider any talk of female circumcision and male circumcision in the same conversation. They are not analogous. | Author=[[Brad Sherman]] | Source=JewishJournal| lang=| before=| after=| Transcription=| Translation= | ref=<ref name="JJ 2011-6-15"/>
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* [[Brad Sherman]] -- — A Democratic Congressman in which Mike Gatto worked for (5 years).* [[User:Mazzera/Committee for Parental Choice and Religious Freedom|Committee for ''Parental Choice'' and ''Religious Freedom'']] -- — A group dedicated to Gatto's cause.* [[Daniel Halperin]] -- — Spoke in support of Gatto's bill.* [[Edgar J. Schoen]] -- — Spoke in support of Gatto's bill.* [[United States of America]]
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*[http://www.circumcisionandhiv.com/2011/08/mike-gatto-the-face-of-genital-cutting-in-america.html Mike Gatto, The Face of Genital Cutting in America] -- — Blog.*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK2qTRyvnB8 Assemblyman Mike Gatto is blasted by KFI's John & Ken on 9/1/11.] -- — Not related to circumcision.
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