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(30,439 posts) Tue Feb 18, 2014, 06:45 PM Feb 2014

WTF? Kansas bill would allow teachers to beat children to the point of leaving bruises. [View all]

A Democratic lawmaker in Kansas says that her bill allowing teachers, caregivers and parents to beat children to point of leaving bruises is about restoring parental rights, not abusing children.

State Rep. Gail Finney’s (D) bill expands current law, which allows spanking without leaving marks.

According to KCTV, the new legislation would permit teachers, caregivers and parents to strike children up to 10 times, and leave redness or even bruising.

McPherson Deputy County Attorney Britt Colle, who proposed the idea to Finney, told KCTV that the measure actually protected children by defining what parents were not allowed to do.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/18/kansas-spanking-bill-would-allow-teachers-and-parents-to-leave-bruises/

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WTF? Kansas bill would allow teachers to beat children to the point of leaving bruises. [View all] Cali_Democrat Feb 2014 OP

Aid and abetting assaults? warrior1 Feb 2014 #1

This person should be arrested for aiding and abbeting child abuse Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #2

The District Attorney who brought this forward as a good idea, 10 assaults is legal, 11 is not(?)... Fred Sanders Feb 2014 #27

there always seems to be something "off" about your posts Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #37

That (D) next to her name should be removed. nt TheMathieu Feb 2014 #3

No, because it probbaly stands for Dumbass... joeybee12 Feb 2014 #5

Yes. Extremely unfair to dumbasses. TheMathieu Feb 2014 #6

And I apologize to dumbasses everywhere! nt joeybee12 Feb 2014 #11

This country is going TBF Feb 2014 #4

Kansas is leading the way. subterranean Feb 2014 #50

I see finger pointing in the future if this passes. chowder66 Feb 2014 #7

How is it "restoring parental rights" to let a teacher bruise someone's child? arcane1 Feb 2014 #8

That part didn't make sense 2naSalit Feb 2014 #32

WTF indeed sakabatou Feb 2014 #9

However she wants to spin it, it is still child abuse. MissB Feb 2014 #10

oh, she's trying to spin it rollin74 Feb 2014 #59

Unbelievable theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #12

we have lots of microsociieties. that would no more get proposed in the VT cali Feb 2014 #15

I'm not sure she's a Democrat, I think maybe she went so far right she came back around the other okaawhatever Feb 2014 #13

Many democrats in Kansas are worse than republicans. They are a whole new breed. One is RKP5637 Feb 2014 #41

jaysus wept. and so do I. fucking stupid cruel piece of dog shit pol- and a dem cali Feb 2014 #14

Yipes shenmue Feb 2014 #16

Because beating kids will correct their behavior neverforget Feb 2014 #17

THIS! n/t DebJ Feb 2014 #56

Yes a Democrat and not alone MuseRider Feb 2014 #18

If this is what Democrats propose then they deserve to lose Bandit Feb 2014 #19

I agree with you. MuseRider Feb 2014 #23

The grown ups in the room know, like the blue dogs Ed Suspicious Feb 2014 #36

so Democrats more conservative than me are for beating children? nt arely staircase Feb 2014 #38

Apparently some are. In Kansas they are. Ed Suspicious Feb 2014 #39

It was sarcasm. Ed Suspicious Feb 2014 #40

ah thanks nt arely staircase Feb 2014 #43

This is just nuts. Lifelong Protester Feb 2014 #20

Meet State Representative Gail Finney Jefferson23 Feb 2014 #21

here is her facebook page also rollin74 Feb 2014 #55

Thanks, have you seen her recent response? She needs to be stopped..it's disgusting. Jefferson23 Feb 2014 #60

yeah. I read her statement rollin74 Feb 2014 #61

Upside down world. I don't know if her district is so conservative that she is hearing requests for Jefferson23 Feb 2014 #62

good news. the bill is dead! rollin74 Feb 2014 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author rollin74 Feb 2014 #64

Fantastic...and now the true child advocates in Kansas need to push for a Democratic Jefferson23 Feb 2014 #66

Won't that just indirectly spur more kiddie shooting rampages? Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #22

I need to move out of this Shit-hole state! Sky Masterson Feb 2014 #24

No, please don't. We NEED your vote! nt tblue37 Feb 2014 #30

Isn't the Kansas Leg the one trying to pass the refuse service to LGBT citizens? nt arely staircase Feb 2014 #25

Yes. nt Cali_Democrat Feb 2014 #34

Yep, same place, and not long ago they also tried to deny medical services to LGBT if RKP5637 Feb 2014 #44

it is sort of how I don't go to Hobby Lobby arely staircase Feb 2014 #45

I use to go to Hobby Lobby before I learned all about them. I was so naive, I thought they RKP5637 Feb 2014 #47

Arizona still allows and sanctions corporal punishment. Spare the rod, spoil the child. Nanjing to Seoul Feb 2014 #26

I would like to be able to give an administrator or teacher 10 wackes with a closed fist with RKP5637 Feb 2014 #46

I don't remember there being a parental right to beat a child to the point of leaving bruises. JoeyT Feb 2014 #28

You obviously never heard of the "I think my son is gay" law, which allows beating the kid Nanjing to Seoul Feb 2014 #51

I have to wonder. A number of Republicans, including some politicians, tblue37 Feb 2014 #29

This is Child Abuse! mrchips Feb 2014 #31

Law or not.. one_voice Feb 2014 #33

I just don't get it, this is state sanctioned child abuse! They should be charged with RKP5637 Feb 2014 #48

this is state sanctioned child abuse! one_voice Feb 2014 #52

Is Kansas a Stand Your Ground State? Wolf Frankula Feb 2014 #35

That was my first thought... Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2014 #42

Same here! RKP5637 Feb 2014 #49

Jesus H... 3catwoman3 Feb 2014 #53

If someone beat my child, I would beat them. n/t PowerToThePeople Feb 2014 #54

Legalized child abuse. MadrasT Feb 2014 #57

ANYBODY.... Adrahil Feb 2014 #58

Spanking bill dies in Kansas House committee rollin74 Feb 2014 #65