At Inside Catholic. Having never seen the sort of vitriol in the comm boxes as I did on Kate Wicker’s piece on breastfeeding in church published last Friday, I felt compelled to respond.
We can have a constructive debate about the best way to nurse with discretion (or where) in Mass, but that’s not what happened.
Wow, Steve. Very informative post over at Inside Catholic. And I couldn’t agree more.
I was directed to the breastfeeding post from another website and saw your comment. I had to stop reading as if I saw another comment referring to how people didn’t want to see a woman “whipping it out” at mass I was going to scream. I was also rather offended by the person who likened breastfeeding in church to relieving ourself in the middle of the assembly at mass. Coming from someone who has had to nurse in mass before, “whipping it out” is the farthest thing from my mind. I’m thinking, “OK, how can I do all of this under this blanket without showing even the edge of my blouse?” I highly doubt that most nursing women are exhibitionists who do it purely to show off their chest.