Do you think spanking (in general) should be illegal?

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No, I've spanked kids before and sometimes they just deserve it. I wouldn't spank my daughter, but I guess I have a double standard for girls on this issue.

[useful idiot]

The red states still allow corporal punishment in public schools.

Yeah my mom is only 40 and she was hit by teachers in school in North Carolina

[useful idiot]

I'm surprised Utah doesn't allow corporate punishment in schools. I thought Mormons liked firm discipline.

I'm a lapsed Mormon, although the vast majority of my family is not. My non-Mormon family thinks spankings are just part of child rearing; they're Southern Baptists and Presbyterians from rural North Carolina and that's to be expected. My step-dad's family is Catholic, and they spank all the time; they're Croatian and very traditional. I have lived in Utah, spent countless nights in Mormon homes, and been around thousands of Mormon families. I have rarely, IF EVER, heard of kids being spanked in Mormon households.