Antifamily Legislation

Sacramento watch

Beware: The liberal legislature in Sacramento is hard at work. As they expand government and control our choices, little by little we lose our freedoms. Here are a few of the antifamily liberal bills we need to watch:

Spank a kid, go to jail—the nanny state expands

     Liberal Assemblywoman Sally Lieber (the second most powerful Democrat in the Assembly) is trying to pass legislation that would make spanking a child under 4 a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in jail...or a fine up to $1,000.

The Democrat said, “I think we ought to have a law against beating children.”

Newsflash: There are laws against beating children. Child abuse is already illegal. We don’t need a new law.

The truth is, spanking is not abuse. It’s what most Christians believe is right for parents to do and is supported by the Word of God.

This legislation is typical of the liberal mentality of taking away parental rights and micromanaging the family.

Can you imagine the nightmare of people turning in parents to the state for “spanking” their child? Can you imagine the damage done from separating a child from a parent for 1 whole year?

This legislation will clog the courts, make lawyers rich, divert police, explode a huge bureaucracy and be another assault on a free society.

If passed, the next step would be to stop, by law, all spanking for all ages.

The governor might sign this bill if passed. He points out he has never spanked his kids.

The liberal politicians want to violate our rights, prevent us from obeying God’s word, remove Biblical standards from our homes and basically create a parental nightmare.

There is a difference between child abuse and parental authority. Most parents get it right...and the kids are better off.

Bottom line: God gave children to the parents, not the state.

Parental rights vs. the states

Assemblywoman Lieber is also sponsoring Assembly Bill 16. It requires young girls to be vaccinated with the drug GARDASIL® before they enter middle school.

GARDASIL vaccinates against the human papilloma virus (HPV)—a cause of most cases of cervical cancer.

Cervical cancer kills about 3,700 women per year in the United States. The drug is reportedly safe, but does have side effects. The total cost for three doses is about $360.

I have no problem making this drug available if a parent wants his or her daughter to receive the vaccine. That’s a parental right.

However, I’m opposed to Lieber’s nanny-state philosophy, which usurps parental authority and forces a parent to allow mandatory vaccinations as a requirement to go to school.

It's also important to mention HPV infections are only caused by sexual activity, not casual contact like polio and other diseases that require mandatory vaccines.

The bottom line is that parents should raise their kids, not the state.

Some also oppose this bill because it undermines abstinence. Others want to see if there are long-term side effects. I agree with both of these arguments.

Let the parents decide.

If you're as concerned as I am, take the following action steps:

• Call Assemblywoman Lieber at (916) 319-2022 (or click here to email her).
  
  
• Contact your state senators. Call (202) 224-3553 for Senator Barbara Boxer (or click here to email her) or call (202) 224-3841 for Senator Diane Feinstein (or click here to email her).

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