# Breast-feeding and Homesexuality. Grow Up! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 22, 2003, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-feeding-and-homesexuality-grow-up/214648 "2003-11-22T08:00:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-feeding-and-homesexuality-grow-up/214648/141 "2003-12-11T11:38:16Z")
errr, that the CARSEAT be placed backward on the seat, NOT that the infant be placed backward in it. arrgh. ---
**Author:** ![Farmwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@Farmwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmwoman)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-feeding-and-homesexuality-grow-up/214648/142 "2003-12-11T12:16:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Do you have evidence that laws against nudity didn’t actually outlaw breastfeeding-related nudity, before these changes were made? That is, evidence that the changes have no actual effect? Yes: [THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BREASTFEED](http://www.lalecheleague.org/Law/LawEnact.html#THE%20CONSTITUTIONAL%20RIGHT%20TO%20BREASTFEED) > [@](#): > > Dike v. Orange County School Board, 650 F.2d 783 (5th Cir., 1981) . This case sets forth that mothers have a constitutional right to breastfeed. > > …although there are some other legal theories upon which the right to breastfeed can be based (discrimination laws, equal protection, etc.), breastfeeding legislation is the best way to **clarify** the right that women have - to feed their babies where they do. bolding mine ---
**Author:** ![Farmwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@Farmwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmwoman)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-feeding-and-homesexuality-grow-up/214648/143 "2003-12-11T12:22:34Z")
> [@](#): > > What are you a contortionist? Yes, but that’s a topic for another thread. I have also fed a newborn while riding in a car and without breaking any belt/carseat laws. I simply sat in the back seat and leaned forward. ---
**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-feeding-and-homesexuality-grow-up/214648/144 "2003-12-11T13:23:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Farmwoman \* > \*\*I simply sat in the back seat and leaned forward. \*\* Not supposed to let children under 12 ride in the front seat, donchaknow? ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-feeding-and-homesexuality-grow-up/214648/145 "2003-12-11T13:30:36Z")
If the child were in the front seat, that would require both **Farmwoman** and Farmbaby to be contortionists. I think she meant that both were in the back seat, but I’m sure she’ll be along to clarify. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-feeding-and-homesexuality-grow-up/214648/146 "2003-12-11T13:43:18Z")
It’s altogether strange. But no one has yet observed that “Small Minded Breast Feeders” would make an excellent band name. ---
**Author:** ![Farmwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@Farmwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmwoman)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-feeding-and-homesexuality-grow-up/214648/147 "2003-12-11T18:53:04Z")
or perhaps “small breasted mind feeders”? Yes. I meant that I would be in the back with the baby. Obviously, someone else would be driving because only a nutcase would try to feed a baby while _either_ of them is driving. And then the method of feeding doesn’t really matter, does it? > [@](#): > > The handicapped parking space analogy is a pretty poor one. I never suggested that public breastfeeding legislation is analogous to handicapped parking laws. I said that complaining about one is much the same as complaining about the other, since both reveal a childlike grasp of the meaning of fair. As most 3rd graders will tell you, the only way to be fair is to treat everyone exactly the same way. As most morally developed adults will tell you, there are many times when we must treat people differently in order to be fair. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-feeding-and-homesexuality-grow-up/214648/148 "2003-12-12T02:49:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Farmwoman \* > \*\*Yes, but that’s a topic for another thread. > > I have also fed a newborn while riding in a car and without breaking any belt/carseat laws. > > I simply sat in the back seat and leaned forward. \*\* Ouch! Well, I’m very well-endowed, and just the thought of such a position makes my back hurt. At any rate, sorry end hijack, it wasn’t an argument against breast feeding while traveling, just an incredulous “How would that WORK”?? hehe. carry on 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-feeding-and-homesexuality-grow-up/214648.md?page=7)