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Should Spanking Your Kid Be Illegal?

—By Stephanie Mencimer

| Wed Nov. 28, 2007 12:25 PM PST

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It's a question a political reporter might want to put to Mitt Romney and the Five Brothers, as the Massachusetts state legislature is currently considering legislation that would make it a crime for parents to spank their children in their own homes. Does Mitt support the bill? Inquiring minds want to know!

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