Forest Park Restricts Public Breast Feeding
Posted: 6:09 am EDT May 17, 2011Updated: 7:08 am EDT May 17, 2011
FOREST PARK, Ga. -- A new law in metro Atlanta will limit breast feeding in public.On
Monday night, Forest Park passed a public indecency ordinance to
prevent public nudity. Previously, the city only had a public indecency
ordinance that covered adult entertainment businesses.According
to the law, no woman can breast feed anyone older than 2 years old in
public. City manager John Parker called the law a proactive step.?It sets up a process whereby we can try to control nudity throughout the entire city," Parker said.
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Re: WTF, Atlanta?
Eh, I can live with that. I ebf LO until 2 years old, but that last year we didn't really do any public feedings. Once they're on solids it's a lot easier to give him a snack and then bf at home.
Were adult entertainers "breastfeeding" adult customers? That's pretty gross. I can only imagine that's the cause of the new law.
I don't like the premise behind this law. Why is it okay to set an arbitrary age after which a child may not nurse in public? More importantly, why treat nursing mothers as if they are performing a sexual act by nursing their child? How could it be that one week you're simply feeding your child whereas the next, because they had a birthday, you're committing an act of public indecency? That makes no sense to me whatsoever.
While I can't imagine a 2 year old *needing* to nurse in public, laws like this make me nervous because it sets a precedent where the age could slide younger and younger.
Definitely this.
I stupidly thought this post was going to be about the Thrashers moving to Winnipeg.
Is there such a problem with public nudity in Atlanta that they needed to start with nursing mothers before moving in on strippers?
Seriously!
Woot woot! Ha, I thought the same thing when I opened the post...