Woman Kicked out of Restaurant for Breast Feeding

What else is new, right? Unfortunately, hearing about a woman being kicked out of somewhere for breast feeding is not such a rare headline. It makes me mad. Really mad. I don’t understand what the big flipping deal is and I will get to that in a minute, but before I go there, I need to ask…. are Americans too sue happy? Frankly I’m sick of hearing about this one and that one’s lawsuit against so and so for whatever reason. Are lawsuits actually making a difference in these causes or is there something else we can do to make a bigger impact?

A Florida woman is suing the franchise Ruby Tuesdays because they apparently asked her to breast feed her baby in the restroom or outside their restaurant. According to Florida law, mothers are permitted unconditionally to breastfeed anywhere, public or private, covered or uncovered. I agree with the law 100% and even if I didn’t, a law is a law, but do we really need to sue over this? The woman claims Ruby Tuesday negligently and intentionally caused emotional distress, leading her to face continued mental and physical anxiety. If it were me, I’d continue feeding my baby until they personally escorted me out. Ok, probably not, but I would definitely make a big fuss, get up and leave……..possibly without paying. What would you do?

So now, back to the breast feeding in public thing…..come on. Really, why is this such an issue with people? I was just at dinner the other night with a friend who was breast feeding her son and I swear to God, you couldn’t even tell. This is how it always is when I am around breast feeding women. Just let the moms feed their babies and go about your business. Don’t look if you don’t like it. There is nothing to see anyway.