In fantastic news for baby beaters everywhere, a proposal to outlaw spanking in California is off to a rocky start, if
this poll and the pro vs. con
correspondence flooding state Assemblywoman Sally Lieber's office is any indication.
As you may recall, Lieber proposed a
ban on spanking kids -- with
punishment for parents of up to a year in jail and $1,000 in fines. (Of course they'd call the ACLU if you spanked
them.)
In the past week, her office has received a deluge of pro-spanking
responses -- a veritable smackdown, if you will, against the proposed
law. At first, 95 percent of people rejected the idea (gee, wonder if
spankers are prone to
anger management issues knee-jerk
reactions). Since then, the pro-spanking lobby has "mellowed" to about
85 percent. Try getting this one out of committee.
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