Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, the termed-out Democrat Speaker pro Tempore
from the San Jose area, has gutted and amended her bill AB 2943,
tranforming it into last year's highly-controversial bill punishing any
parent who uses an “implement” to spank their children.
AB
2943 would label good, loving parents -- who occasionally use a little
paddle, a ruler, a little stick, or a brush to correct their
youngster's misbehavior -- as official "child abusers" in the eyes of
the law.
Under AB 2943,
police officers, district attorneys, juries, and child protective
services will view ALL parents who spank as suspected child abusers
worthy of investigation.
This
bad bill would mean good parents could be arrested and spend the night
in jail. Their children would be removed from the home and placed in
foster care for "protection." If convicted of using an "implement" to
spank their child (even if it was only one time), the parent would be
ordered into "nonviolent parental education" and their children could
be taken away for four years or more.
PLEASE ACT NOW
AB
2943 is scheduled for a hearing and vote Tuesday, April 15 in the
Assembly Public Safety Committee. There are four Democrats and two
Republicans on the committee. If this ratio holds firm and one Democrat
votes "no" or abstains, AB 2943 would be stopped.
Your immediate action is needed. Please contact all the committee members and your own representatives too.
1. Contact the committee members and your own elected representatives in Sacramento
2. Bring yourself and your children to the April 15 hearing at the State Capitol.
The committee members need to see and hear from good mothers and good
fathers that AB 2943 would tranform into suspected child abusers. We
need California moms and dads and their children to pack out the
committee room!
Please
rearrange your schedule, cancel other activities, put aside your fear,
put on faith, and show up to the committee room on Tuesday, April 15.
Be prepared to go to the microphone to say your name and why you’re
opposed to AB 2943. Ten seconds of speaking is all that is needed. Yes,
you can do it.
State Capitol, 10th and L Streets in Sacramento
Room 126 on the first floor near the north side entrance
Assembly Public Safety Committee begins Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 9 a.m.
(Plan
to park by 8:15 a.m. and get to the committee room by 8:30 a.m. for
limited seating; the committee hearing is expected to last until
lunchtime)
God Bless,
GranPa Chuck
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