Parade Spanking Story Goes National

Item: Spanking story goes national: Father didn’t think coming forward ‘was going to get this big’ /Tom Greene, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: With national “Fox News” and “Inside Edition” calling, the husband of the mom accused of injury to child at the Fourth of July parade said by going to The Press he wanted to stand up for their rights — not start a national debate. “I never thought asking people to come forward (as witnesses) was going to get this big,” said Robert Farrell, a 27-year-old father of three from Post Falls.

Question: Are you surprised that this story has gotten this big?