Nursery World - 'Boycott charities against smacking'

A leading churchman in Northern Ireland has called for a boycott of a children's charity because it opposes the smacking of children. The Rev Ivan Foster, convenor of the Free Presbyterian Education Board and minister of Kils- keery Free Presbyterian Church in Co Tyrone, last week called on Christians in the Province to think twice before donating money to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). He accused the charity of siding with education minister Martin McGuinness and Sinn Fein as part of an 'evil plan' to attack the denomination, which permits corporal punishment in its independent schools.

The Rev Ivan Foster, convenor of the Free Presbyterian Education Board and minister of Kils- keery Free Presbyterian Church in Co Tyrone, last week called on Christians in the Province to think twice before donating money to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). He accused the charity of siding with education minister Martin McGuinness and Sinn Fein as part of an 'evil plan' to attack the denomination, which permits corporal punishment in its independent schools.

In an article published on the Free Presbyterian Church's website the Rev Foster said, 'The present state of lawlessness in society is the result, in part, of the utter ineffectiveness of modern parenting, especially in child discipline. The NSPCC and their ally, Martin McGuinness, are determined that such lawlessness will continue and increase.'

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