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** As you read this - hopefully you are shocked as I am, that sexual predators to the courts are less a danger then a child being spanked… I am NOT KIDDING!!! **
LAW OFFICE OF
AARON T. SPECK
20619 ECORSE ROAD
TAYLOR, MICHIGAN 48180
Phone: (313) 381-9000
Fax: (313) 381-9055
December 30, 2009
TO: PASTORS OF FUNDAMENTAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
RE: PARENTS RIGHT TO “SPANK” THREATENED IN MICHIGAN
Dear Fellow Believers in Christ:
As a Christian attorney practicing in Michigan for the last 23 years, I have had the privilege of representing hundreds of Fellow Believers and Fundamental Churches. Today I write to you as a brother in Christ on a very urgent matter threatening our Christian liberties in Court next Wednesday. A Christian father is facing contempt of court, incarceration, and loss of his parental rights for using “spanking” as a form of discipline for his child - a form of discipline allowed by both Michigan law and as a matter of biblical doctrine.
A hearing has been set in the Wayne County Circuit Court on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 9:00 am. The hearing will be conducted by Judge Arthur Lombard, in Room 1913 of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Building located at Two Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226.
THIS LETTER IS WRITTEN TO ENCOURAGE YOUR ATTENDANCE AND MEMBERS OF YOUR CONGREGATION AT THIS VERY IMPORTANT HEARING.
The father had temporary custody of his 11 year old son this past summer, after the boy was molested by his maternal grandfather on two occasions while in his mother’s care. (Interestingly, the mother had moved her father into the home between the two incidents.). The mother failed to disclose the sexual abuse to the father or the child’s long time Christian therapist, or even take steps to remove her father out of her residence and away from her son. In August the Court was called upon to decide if the son would remain in his father’s care after the summer, or return to his mother’s home. I argued on behalf of my client that his son should remain in his care as the mother failed to
protect the child from a known predator - her own father living in her home. In order to appear in a better position at the time of the hearing on August 28, the mother conveniently removed her father from the home one day earlier on August 27th, despite having all summer to do so.
To everyone’s surprise, the Court inquired during the hearing on whether “spanking” was
used by the parties. Both parties said they used spanking as a means of discipline, with the father testifying that he only did so on 1 or 2 occasions per month, and in the privacy of a separate room so as not to embarrass the child in front of others. The Court then shocked everyone by finding the mother’s conduct in not reporting the known sexual abuse by her own father to the child’s therapist and the child’s father as “understanding”, while finding the son’s father’s spanking to be “abusive” and possibly related to the child’s need for therapy. The Court ordered the child back to his mother and entered an order that the child’s father not use “corporal punishment” in the future, under the
threat of loss of his parental rights.
When the matter was subsequently review by the child’s therapist over the last several
months this fall, the therapist has now formally recommended that the parties use “spanking” to address the child’s behavioral issues. The recommendation was made even though the therapist was aware of the court order. In accordance with that recommendation the father has administered corporal punishment. The mother now wants the father’s parenting time suspended and supervised, the therapist removed from treating the child, and a finding that the father be held in contempt of court and possibly incarcerated.
It is time for Christians to rally around this most important matter and attend this Court
hearing. Our Christian liberty to discipline our children according to the dictates of the Bible is at stake in this case. I urge you to attend this court hearing with members of your church.
God Bless,
Aaron Speck
