It never ceases to amaze me when I hear of another insane bill introduced by the California legislature. It seems that they are on the march again, as was Adolph Hitler, to take away every personal freedom that they can. Restricting the use of mother and father in the California government schools, trying to sue parents who home school their kids and now trying to forbid parents from spanking their disobedient children. Here is the story of the latest recycled bill reintroduced by Sally Lieber. By the way, Dr. Spock recanted his positions on childrearing before he died. I saw the interview personally. It seems that his teachings live on with the liberals. They usually do carry on with things that have been proven to be false.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER SALLY LIEBER HAS REINTRODUCED HER "ANTI-SPANKING" BILL WITH A NEW NUMBER-- AB 2943. LAST YEAR SHE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH HER BILL, AB 755, THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, AND IT WAS OFFICIALLY STOPPED ON JANUARY 31, 2008, WHEN IT FAILED TO BE PASSED OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY.
IDENTICAL TO HER FAILED AB 755, AB 2943 WOULD HAVE THE PRACTICAL EFFECT OF MAKING A NON-INJURIOUS SPANKING WITH AN OBJECT SUCH AS A RULER, FOLDED NEWSPAPER, SMALL PADDLE, ETC. ILLEGAL. AFTER BEING ARRESTED, CHARGED AND TRIED IN A CRIMINAL COURT, PARENTS COULD RECEIVE UP TO ONE YEAR IN JAIL AND LOSE CUSTODY OF THEIR CHILDREN. WHEN LIEBER CLAIMS THAT HER BILL ONLY DEALS WITH CHILD ABUSE, REMEMBER THAT SHE HAS STATED REPEATEDLY THAT ALL SPANKING, BY DEFINITION, IS CHILD ABUSE. HER STRATEGY IN AB 2943 IS TO TREAT ALL SPANKING WITH AN OBJECT AS CRIMINAL CHILD ABUSE. SHE HAS DELIBERATELY FAILED TO MAKE ANY DISTINCTION BETWEEN SPANKING AS A METHOD OF DISCIPLINE AND TRUE CHILD ABUSE.
AB 2943 WOULD AMEND PENAL CODE 273A, WHICH CURRENTLY MAKES IT A CRIME TO CAUSE UNJUSTIFIABLE PAIN, HARM, OR INJURY TO ANY MINOR CHILD. THE INSTRUCTIONS TO A JURY WHICH ARE MANDATED BY THE CURRENT VERSION OF AB
2943 WOULD STATE THAT A JURY MAY CONSIDER THAT PHYSICAL PAIN OR MENTAL SUFFERING IN?ICTED UPON A CHILD IS UNJUSTI?ABLE IF IT IS CAUSED BY ANY OF THE SEVEN KINDS OF ACTIONS, WHICH ARE ALSO LISTED IN AB 2943. THE FIRST OF THE SEVEN ACTIONS LISTED IS: "THE USE OF AN IMPLEMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A STICK, A ROD, A SWITCH, AN ELECTRICAL CORD, AN EXTENSION CORD, A BELT, A BROOM, OR A SHOE." THIS FIRST ACTION INCLUDES THE ACT OF SPANKING WITH AN OBJECT OTHER THAN USING ONE'S HAND. BECAUSE THESE ITEMS WOULD BE LISTED IN THE PENAL CODE, THE POLICE AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY WOULD LIKELY CONSIDER ALL SPANKING WITH AN IMPLEMENT TO BE GROUNDS TO BRING CHARGES AGAINST THE PARENTS. THEN A CRIMINAL COURT TRIAL WOULD DETERMINE IF THE PARENTS ARE GUILTY OF CRIMINAL CHILD ABUSE. PARENTS WOULD HAVE THE DIFFICULT TASK OF PROVING THAT THE SPANKING WAS JUSTIFIABLE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COURT IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL IN ORDER TO AVOID BEING SENT TO JAIL FOR UP TO ONE YEAR OR RECEIVING OTHER PENALTIES. THE CASE ALSO COULD BEREFERRED TO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES (CPS) AND JUVENILE COURT, WHICH COULD RESULT IN THE POSSIBLE TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT LOSS OF CUSTODY OF THEIR CHILDREN.
How on earth can a newspaper inflict bodily harm? Why don't they apply this new law to the unborn child? The abortionist literally rips the baby apart and pulls the baby out in pieces. An arm, a leg, the head, the chest etc. Wouldn't this bill also apply to abortionists who inflict pain and suffering on babies? We know that abortion causes pain to the baby, as on ultrasound we see the baby pull away from the tools of death. I can't see the comparison between giving your child a spanking and butchering a child in the womb or on a table in the butcher shop. If the baby is still alive after the abortion, the butcher wrings its neck or suffocates it. Isn't that murder? I think that it is time for people, who hold to the biblical teachings, to spank a deliberately disobedient child, but certainly not beat them. This is another bad bill and should be put to death itself.
Ikester