Anti-Spanking Law Would Protect California’s Children
Anti-Spanking Law Would Protect California’s Children
Editor,
Regarding the editorial published in the Hollister Free Lance on Jan. 23 (“Parenting Isn’t Lawmaker’s Job”):
Assemblywoman Sally Lieber should not be discouraged by all the snide reactions, snickering and cheap shots her spanking ban proposal has provoked. Such noise is an inevitable part of the process that accompanies every true reform.
We all remember the grumbling and threats of rebellion when safe, law-abiding drivers were ordered to buckle up, and when honest, tax-paying homeowners were informed that they could no longer burn their own leaves in their own back yards.
Good laws pave the way for good behaviors, and in the end we have to admit, sometimes government gets things right.
Thoughtful, informed people know there is no practical, ethical or moral justification for discriminating against children by denying them equal protection under the law.
Husbands and wives can’t settle their differences anymore by hitting each other, employers can’t hit employees, prison guards can’t hit convicts.
There is only one hittable class left. But not for long, thanks to people like Assemblywoman Lieber.
Jordan Riak
Alamo, Calif.
