[Veronica Daniels]

A Message from The Spanking Couple

This week we experienced a very difficult and outrageous event. Veronica was out'ed in a very hostile and disturbing fashion that has affected she and her family very deeply. Part of this "out'ing" included an act of blackmail - threatening that if she did not remove all of our sites and related blogs from the internet something much more serious and bad would happen to her and her family because she is apparently "spreading evil" , "endangering" her family, and “should not be in our community”. Those of you who know Veronica know one thing to be true, she values her family and would protect them from harm above all else. So, to that end and in order to prevent this person(s) from acting on this heinous threat, we have taken our site down until this matter can be investigated further.

While this all sounds crazy and surreal, it is all true. It is unconscionable to those of us who understand that living an alternative lifestyle does not make one a sick, bad, or an unfit person. However, sadly we live in a time where people still do feel that way. There are still many mis-perceptions and prejudices against those who live an alternative lifestyle or have the courage to speak out about an issue that may be controversial. Certainly, thank goodness we do still live in a free country where we do have the right to speak freely and express ourselves openly. However, many individuals do not support that ideal and do not support diversity and acceptance of differences. That is profoundly sad.

Those of you who know us and know what we stand for know that any expression contained on our site was between consenting adults and never ever would we condone the endangerment of a child or the spanking of a child. We do not believe in that nor have we ever condoned or supported it! We do not believe in exposing children to adult material or spanking and never have.

Psychological research has shown clearly that there is no evidence that a consenting adult engaging in an alternative life-style is psychologically ill or unable to be a fit and healthy parent and person. There is no connection in psychological research between living an alternative life-style and being an abusive or unfit parent. However, uneducated and uninformed people still believe that to be true. Very sad.

The person or parties doing this remain unknown at this time, and are carefully remaining anonymous. However, since these threats to Veronica are serious and could cause damage to a minor should they chose to act on their threats we have notified local authorities in the computer and hate crime divisions and are consulting with attorneys. Needless to say this is a serious matter and will be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law by criminal and civil means. I have personally called in some favors from associates in the intelligence community and feel confident the perpetrator of this cowardly act will be identified.

Needless to say Veronica is devastated and overwhelmed. Because of this heinous act we are taking a hiatus from our sites in order to consult with attorneys and experts in this area to decide a course of action.

It is a sad truth that many people still perceive spanking as some sort of fetish that is sick and makes us unfit people and/or parents if we participate in it. One of the reasons we started our site was to show that this is a common and everyday fetish that many individuals and couples enjoy as consenting adults that is not sick or wrong. We will continue to stand strong in our belief in the basic civil rights in this great country we have the privilege to live in.

We thank you for all of your support and understanding during this very difficult time. We simply ask for you patience and understanding. We have always provided superior customer service and will continue to do so. We will make this right to our loyal members and supporters. We know you may need to contact us and may do so at: www.tsccafe.com or through the webmaster@thespankingcouple.com.

Faithfully Yours,
Daniel

For more information on this topic, please visit The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom at: http://www.ncsfreedom.org