Take Action in Canada!

A pro-spanking Canadian lawyer, David Brown, has recently been appointed to the Ontario Superior Court in Toronto. Brown defended Dobson's Focus on the Family, which recommends beating children as young as 15 months and using wooden boards and belts to hit little children, in their fight against Canada's Supreme Court decision to limit child-hitting. Please protest the appointment of this pro-hitting lawyer, by writing Canada's Dept. of Justice at webadmin@justice.gc.ca Here is a sample letter:

Dear Department of Justice,

I object strongly to the appointment of David Brown to the Ontario Superior Court, and hope this decision is reversed as soon as possible. David Brown is well known to defend hitting children, an outdated practice that has been proven to increase aggression and violent acts, and which is at the root of the majority of child abuse cases. Mr. Brown should not be in a position of authority in which he could promote violence and abuse.

Sincerely,
(your name)
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STILL MORE NEWS
The Rotenberg Center in Massachusetts, which we protested earlier this year, has been fined $43,000!! They were claiming to have a number of "psychologists" on their staff, who turned out not to be licensed!! The Rotenberg Center tortures children with painful skin shocks, withholding food, and other means of punishment. See this article and this one.


Thanks again to:

Susan Lawrence
Director, Stop the Rod

Contact Rep. Nancy Johnson

Thanks to Susan Lawrence for the following information

Dear Friends,

Please call one of these toll-free numbers (FREE!) for Congress, and ask for Representative Nancy Johnson's office:

800-828-0498
800-862-5530

Once you reach her office, please say:

"I am very concerned about devices being sold to beat and whip children. I am asking Representative Nancy Johnson to keep her promise to co-sponsor legislation to ban these devices."

If they ask which aide is dealing with this issue, say:

"Mr. Shane Lieberman knows about this legislation, and I ask him to contact Jeff Duncan at Representative Markey's office, who has been working hard on this legislation." (You can leave a message on Shane's answering machine as well, asking him to contact Jeff Duncan.)

If you're outside the US, you can call Representative Nancy Johnson's office at: (202) 225-4476. Thank you everyone if you can do this!! It's important to get this legislation moving before it's forgotten!!

Susan Lawrence
Director, Stop the Rod
http://stoptherod.net
http://parentinginjesusfootsteps.org