[Torie]

In your rant, you missed the blanket part. Is there some right out there worth protecting that the act of breast feeding is such a sacramental act, that it must be in plain view?

[raybbr]

Gillette said she was seated in the second-to-last row, next to the window, when she began to breast-feed her daughter. Breast-feeding helps babies with the altitude changes through takeoff and landings, Gillette said. She said she was being discreet -- her husband was seated between her and the aisle -- and no part of her breast was showing.

Gillette said that's when a flight attendant approached her, trying to hand her a blanket and directing her to cover up. Gillette said she told the attendant she was exercising her legal right to breast-feed, declining the blanket. That's when Gillette alleges the attendant told her, "You are offending me," and told her to cover up her daughter's head with the blanket.From here.

In your mischaracterization you missed the facts.

[mockingbyrd]

Is there something so horrendous about nursing that it must be hidden from view completely?

Why not apply the same standards to women in low cut shirts, often they display more breast than a nursing mother?