Nursing Mother Asked To Leave Arizona McDonald's

• I forgot to say I'm not the bfing mom who will sit there and look around daring anyone to say anything. I try to find a discreet place (NOT a bathroom) maybe a back booth in anticipation that I might have to feed my daughter. While I do bf in public because I can't choose when she'll be hungry, I do try to have respect for other people. But in no way should we be forced into a bathroom or out of the restaurant for feeding our children. Would you like to eat your lunch in a bathroom? Didn't think so. But no thank you to a "nurse-in". It's hard enough entertaining my baby while eating at a restaurant for 45 min, let alone a couple of hours. Oh, and I found a new word - lactivist. Aka, annoying. Haha!! Ok, I'm done now..

• To Mayor McHeadcheese- I am a nursing mother. No, I'm NOT going to feed my baby in a disgusting McDonalds bathroom or any other bathroom for that matter. And no, I'm not going to go out and waste my gas running the a/c or sit in the heat when I can discreetly feed her there. So you can shove the whole "The right to expose herself should be limited to only when privacy is not an option, such as on a commercial airplane." That's just ridiculous. And the gang raping comment was also way off base. Most nursing mothers are very discreet when they are breast feeding. You usually can't see more than what you would on a low cut shirt. And if a baby sucking on a nipple turns you on, you need help. Seriously! You need to grow up. I do agree that these "mombloggers" or whatever get annoying. I agree with talking like adults and not making a big hoopla out of every little thing. If more people were educated on the benefits of breast feeding, maybe it would be more acceptable. It's sad that when I'm doing the best thing for my baby, I get funny looks and whispers. Oh no! Did you see a side boob? Sorry bout that. But I'm pretty sure more is shown on tv than what I expose. And to bottle feeders, you are still great moms and are still doing the best for your baby. I have never downed bottle feeders because everyone has their reasons and should be respected. Thank you.

• Whether she's a MILF or a troll this would arrest my appetite. Can breast feeders in restaurants be sued for damaging the business of the restaurant? Basic standards of decency include no fucking or masturbating in public. How different is this? The right to expose herself should be limited to only when privacy is not an option, such as on a commercial airplane. Otherwise you have to determine whether the alleged muzzies who gang rape the lactating woman who expressed in public are liable for their actions, or just reacting in a manner protected by their 'religion'. Oh, my. The line must be drawn to avoid the conflict & suits against the state or all hell will break loose. Hell breaking loose would start by laws being passed exempting the state from liability; am I ringing any bells? Another liability foisted on the business owners by her aberrant attention seeking behavior is her physical safety leaving the property. Some McDonald's dweller might some want some more of that. This is as provocative as building a mosque 600' from Ground Zero; something is going to happen and the wrong fools are going to be made liable by this busted ass leech system. Stop subsidizing these idiots at my expense or I'll stop working = paying taxes.

• el Serracho, note that the ref to the Calif. civil code does specify exception of the right to breast feed on private property. An establishment like McDonald's is not "private" property. Note that freedom is always relative - I am not free to pay my latino workers at a lower rate (as if I would want to penalize hard-workers) than my anglos, I am not free to beat them when they are 5 min late coming in (as if working 2 hrs for free the evening before would be considered an excuse! besides, I would hate it when they kicked the shit outta me in retaliation).

• McDonalds is garbage anyway. She shouldn't eat there and then breast feed her kid. She might as well feed him a Big Mac.

• please do not interpret my comments as, in any way, advocating anything shadenfreude has to say on the subject..though i proudly support shadenfreude's right to be a moronic asshole.

• what's outrageous is a law that prohibits private property owners from determining what other people can do on their premises.

• Oh shut the fuck up.

• Anon (a corporate shill, no doubt) said: "the entire McDonald�s corporation...." Yes, the entire McDonald�s corporation is to blame. The two forms in which the business exists are franchises (fewer every day as company policy is to eliminate these and consolidate) and wholly owned stores. In either case, the entire McDonald�s corporation sets the standards and makes the rules. Created on May 15, 1940 in San Bernardino, the company is the world's largest chain of hamburger stands with annual sales of $22.8 billion and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois. The CEO of this bastion of bad food (and, mother-hating) is James A. Skinner. Here is the mother-hater's bio and picture: http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/our_company/bios/jim_skinner.html

• I do not have any kids...but I think if women had the freedom to go topless the way men can without fear of an "indecent exposure" charge (indecent my ass!) this issue might cease to exist. I believe the heart of the problem lies with the people who still consider women exposing their breasts for ANY reason as vulgar and wrong. These people need to grow up.

• Like Fern said � people should just talk to each other like adults. Usually when something happens like this it�s some snot-nosed college kid who doesn�t know anything about parenting, breastfeeding, etc, just being a young dumbass putting their food in their mouth. People get all up in arms like the entire McDonald�s corporation is against breastfeeding, when really it was the mistake of one person. I have found �lactivists� to actually be very negative people. They should turn their cause into something positive. Instead of staging �nurse ins�, maybe they could explain and educate. Instead of bad-mouthing bottle-feeding moms, maybe they could just mind their own business and focus on their own kids. And just maybe if they breastfeed and act like it�s no big deal, other people won�t think it�s a big deal either. Instead, you have moms with something to prove walking around with their entire boob hanging out and a look on their face that says �I DARE you to say something to me�.

• Schadenfreude - try being a mom these days with all these bitches scrutinizing your every move and judging you. My girlfriend got dirty looks and whispers from another mom while she was feeding her son a bottle. The bottle had breastmilk in it. Did the mom bother to find that out? No, and it was none of her business anyway. She was just a self-righteous asshole. I think everyone here agrees with both things - that the woman should be allowed to breastfeed anywhere she wants, AND that "lactivism" is annoying.

• Where's she sitting in this picture? The drive-thru? That her actual kid or can anyone get in line?

• Fat chicks wearing Crocs shouldn't be allowed to do anything in public, let alone breastfeed.

• I smell rats. Male rats. "mommie activists?" Why do I think that three of you are teabaggers? Could it be that you are all way too off-the-wall, here? What we're talking about is one mom - whose picture graces the article - nursing her child IN A MCDONALDS! IN A McDONALDS!!! She wanted to feed herself and the kid - and that bastion of food-goodness banned her! McDONALDS! Oh - I'm a dad and a grandfather. I can't lactate - at least not without a radical hormone regimen. But, I'd put the "mommie activists" to shame if somebody pulled that "no nursing" crap around my family (but, they're all too damn smart than to eat at McDonalds!).

• Well said Anonymous! I am a mother as well, and I couldn't agree more with your statement; mommy activists are very annoying! Their own husbands can't stand to be around them, that's why they all stick together!

• <i>I definitely think it�s weird that people are still creeped out by something that our bodies were made to do. HOWEVER, I cannot STAND mombloggers, �lactivists�, etc. I swear it seems like they are just trolling the internet for stories so they can raise hell.</i> Totally agree. As soon as I read the headline I knew that the lactivists probably staged some sort of protest at the restaurant. No one bothers to calmly talk to people like normal adults anymore. Someone screws up and the next thing you know, the activist group representing the injured person drops the A-bomb on the offending party.

• By the way, I do think it's totally bogus that that mom got kicked out for nursing. Just wanted to vent about my dislike of mommy "activism" :)

• I�m a mom, I am all for breastfeeding, I breastfed for awhile myself, and I definitely think it�s weird that people are still creeped out by something that our bodies were made to do. HOWEVER, I cannot STAND mombloggers, �lactivists�, etc. I swear it seems like they are just trolling the internet for stories so they can raise hell. I�ve made it a point to never read �mommy blogs�. They are full of self-righteousness. It�s like some weird mom subculture that exists because of the internet. Technically I do a lot of the same things as them, such as carrying my baby in a sling � a term that has been deemed �babywearing� and now of course there have to be �babywearing� activists and �babywearing� blogs... It�s just convenient, sheesh! It�s like when hippie meets yuppie and you get a �yippie� then throw motherhood into the mix, and the combo is totally annoying.

• Outrageous! I'd boycott McDonalds if I wasn't smart enough to have had my last McDonald's meal more than 30 years ago. Time for the La Leche League to stage a mass demonstration, planet-wide, of nursing mothers stepping up to the register and requesting water. Tens of millions of glasses of water - imagine the profits lost to those lactating ladies showing solidarity against the fast-food giant! http://www.llli.org/

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