Richard Ross, Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) told us “the bill is an open attack on the authority of God to tell us how to live, and it will smash the very foundation of Scottish society” adding that “the scriptures teach that parents have that right [to use physical punishment].”Official Report, 15 March, col. 3-4 He quoted Hebrews 12 (“for whom the Lord loveth, He chastens them”), adding the Bible “says that God lovingly chastens his people.”Official Report, 15 March, col. 3
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