Spanking a child isn't abuse. One of the reasons the country is going downhill is there aren't fathers at home spanking butts. Now don't get that confused with you guys spanking bare asses in gay pride parades.That bill didn’t pass. But it shouldn’t have even been discussed. The man discussing it is a devout fundamentalist southern Christian who sat there using Bible verses to justify beating children with learning disabilities.
Here is more info on some people raised by spar the rod spoil the child rhetoric and abusive Christian parents using the Bible and their religious community to justify child abuse.