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IVA: Spank Your Kid In CDA, Go To Jail For Year

CDA police captain Ron Clark admitted that the officer who cited the mother “said there were no visible signs of injury.” According to Capt. Clark, witnesses claimed they observed the mother “slamming her on the ground,” which is patently absurd on its face, since that certainly would have left quite visible physical marks. Witnesses also accused the mother of “smothering” the child, when she was doing nothing more than holding her daughter closely to her chest to protect her from darting into traffic. Said the mom, regarding the two swats on the bottom, “I think spanking her butt would hurt a lot less than getting run over by a float.” Plus, spanking is not against the law in Idaho, as much as these bystanders may want it to be. And appropriate corporal punishment is not child abuse, as much as these bystanders may think it is/Bryan Fischer, Idaho Values Alliance. More here.

Question: Do you agree or disagree with the analysis by Bryan Fischer/Idaho Values Alliance?




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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.