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In summer 2012, Franz was the initiator of an open letter to the German policy, which was signed by over 600 people (as of 21 July 2012,), including many doctors, lawyers and scientists.<ref>faz.net: [http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/beschneidungsdebatte-aerzte-und-juristen-plaedieren-gegen-die-beschneidung-11827596.html Doctors and lawyers argue against [[circumcision]]]</ref> The letter refers to the societal debate about the religiously motivated [[circumcision]] underage boys (mostly children of Muslims and Jews) in Germany, which had triggered an undisclosed in June 2012 judgment of the District Court of Cologne. Franz criticizes the "serious accusation of Jewish point of Representatives, that Jewish life in Germany would be impossible by a ban on ritual [[circumcision]]". He argues, inter alia, that freedom of religion "could not be a charter for the application of (sexual) violence against incompetent boys and postulated by reference to the Age of Enlightenment: "One doesn't hurt children!"<ref>[http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/offener-brief-zur-beschneidung-religionsfreiheit-kann-kein-freibrief-fuer-gewalt-sein-11827590.html ''"Freedom of religion can not be a charter for violence" - Open letter about [[circumcision]]''] In: ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', July 21, 2012.</ref> [[Dieter Graumann]], then chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, called this a "suggestive slogan" and critized in retrospect, the signatories of the "infamous letter" would have shown "unparalleled rants in an arrogance and a policy delusion about the [[circumcision]] ritual".<ref>[http://www.fr-online.de/politik/zentralrat-der-juden-in-deutschland-graumann---ich-wuensche-mir-respekt-,1472596,24242038.html ''Graumann: "I wish respect"''] In: ''Frankfurter Rundschau'', September 8, 2013.</ref>

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