"Paddlin' the school canoe . . .
That's a paddlin'! "
Posted on 02/02/2007 2:22:14 PM PST by DaveLoneRanger
Critics of a proposed ban on spanking in California claimed victory Thursday after the lawmakers who sponsored the measure failed to introduce it in the California State Assembly for the second week in a row. Assemblywoman Sally Lieber of San Jose proposed the measure, which would make spanking a child under the age of four a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail, a $1,000 fine, or both.
According to reports, Lieber was planning to introduce the bill no later than Thursday. When she didn't, pro-family groups, who had criticized the ban, claimed victory. "This home-invasion bill has been stopped cold by parents and grandparents who know that to love children is to discipline them and show them the way to live," said Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families (CCF). "Because so many people have spoken out, the Democrats in Sacramento realize that their liberal agenda is offending a whole lot of people," he added.
"Sally Lieber mistakenly believes that parents who infrequently spank their children should be arrested, and she wrongly guesses that children who were spanked will respond by committing crimes," said Thomasson. "But the obvious truth is that most children who were appropriately spanked become law-abiding citizens, not criminals. Any elected official who supports a ban on spanking is attacking dads and moms and usurping their God-given responsibility to raise their own children."
Frog march her out of that chamber.
She was threatened with a spanking and realized she was over 3 so it would be perfectly legal.
They may be partying a little early. While last week was the deadline to get bills to the Legislative Counsel for drafting, if its already been drafted there's another three weeks to introduce it.
A better title to the story would have been:
"Lawmaker gets spanked over spanking ban."
Sally Lieber needs to be 'spanked' during election day.
She must be a hack.
"Frog march her out of that chamber."
Hop 2, 3, 4, Hop 2, 3, 4....
Someone took her ID. :)
Paddling (or licks as they were called in my day)is primarily a parental decision. I was never paddled at
home but I racked up a substantial portfolio of
licks at school. Many by female teachers.
Paddling is relative but Sally Lieber needs a good
horse whippin'...
Ah!! The polls are in and she originally misread them!!
How Clintonesque!!
Got a Source for us to check to Verify?
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