[danielf]

Originally Posted by martyh

Just to play devils advocate ,as far as Judaism/Christianity goes it is definitely the parents decision as decreed by God ,and since God is real for Jews/Christians and holds the highest authority what he says goes and changing that 'order' from God is going directly against his will.As far as Jews are concerned they couldn't stop doing it even if they wanted to

Oh, I know the reasoning, I just don't agree with it. I also don't expect (or want) anything to change anytime soon. But I do think it's an anachronism, and expect it to die out eventually