Some politicians in Oklahoma are actually trying to embrace common sense. Unfortunately, there's always a bad apple in the barrel with his head in the sand.
Oklahoma state senator Shane Jett is using Proverbs 22:15, which I will quote shortly, to justify using the outdated system of corporal punishment on disabled students, opposing fellow senator Dave Rader, a fellow Republican, who wants to end corporal punishment in schools.
Farron Cousins breaks it down.
Before I go further, here's Proverbs 22:15, according to the New King James Bible:
"Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child. The rod of correction will drive it far from him."
What Jett fails to comprehend is that disabled children can't defend themselves. You have children on the autistic spectrum, or ones who are visibly disabled with either muscular dystrophy or cerebral palsy or have Downs Syndrome. The above verse is meant to apply discipline with love in mind. Jett's intentional misinterpretation represents the reprehensible attitude of some GOPers in the Sooner State, and is way, way off base.
I believe Rader's measure will be signed into law, and Jett was suffer the humiliation of being proven wrong. The dude needs to go back and reread his Bible, plus a concordance, for better understanding, instead of using scripture for usury.
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