October 11, 2005

Sen. Risser is a Boob

Charlie Sykes talked about this story today. State Sen. Fred Risser wants to make it a crime for people to express their concerns to publicly breastfeeding mothers. Some mothers like Michelle Morgan can't accept the fact that some people don't approve of what she does:

Michelle Morgan said she has run into problems trying to breast-feed her son, Ian, in public.

"A woman basically said to me that I should probably go somewhere else or make sure that I stayed covered up," said Morgan. "It made me pretty angry."

Even though public breastfeeding is legal it doesn't mean every public place is appropriate. There is such a thing as good manners. But if you go up to a mother and express your concerns (no threats or any physical) you could be slapped with a $200 fine.

In Risser's and Morgan's world it's not good enough to allow mother to breastfeed their children in public. They also require the public to sacrifice its free speech rights. Whatever happened to the Left's love of tolerance and free speech? It went out the door so people aren't offended or when some pet issue like campaign finance comes up.

"Harassing Breast-Feeding Mothers Could Lead To Fines"