Breast-feeding mother protests treatment at restaurant, employee threw dirty dish cloth on her

[The Straight Story]

Breast-feeding mother protests treatment at Cullman restaurant


CULLMAN (Alabama)| A woman who breast-fed her baby in a barbecue restaurant said a worker placed dirty dish towels over the child’s head to keep other diners from seeing what was going on, prompting her to stage a protest.

The owner of Johnny’s Barbecue, Gary Wiggins, denies that the mother or child were mistreated. He said some customers were upset after seeing Elizabeth McDowell of Cullman breast-feeding her baby inside the restaurant last weekend.

“I’m praying for this lady, and hope she finds the truth," he said. “We’ll move on from here."

McDowell said she was breast-feeding her child at the restaurant on Saturday when an employee told her to cover herself and threw a dirty dish cloth on her.

Becky Smalley, a Johnny’s Barbecue employee, said McDowell had most of her breast exposed. Smalley and her daughter-in-law, Katrina James, argued with McDowell outside the restaurant.

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20070317/NEWS/703170327/1007

[muntrv]

1. Hey Wiggins, the baby can't feed him/herself.

[AshevilleGuy]

2. He is PRAYING for her?? What does THAT mean??? n/t

[The Straight Story]

4. I was wondering that as well, pretty bizzare

Maybe I call him and telling him I am praying for him that his eyes won't pop out after seeing part of a boob.

[AshevilleGuy]

6. Those fundies pray about everything.

They pray before and while making the slightest decisions, before any sprots events, before they eat, sleep, you name it. It seems as if they are trying to place ALL responsibility for everything on God, thus removing it from themsevles, so when things do go wrong it's not their faults. Can you say ... COP OUT?

This is relatively new, I think. It began with the mega-congregations, and on TV as well. These are the herds of people who vote repuke in lockstep.

Is their God so vain, or difficult that he/she/it requires verbal praise before NOT allowing bad things to happen?? I have never understood this. :shrug:

[BlooInBloo]

8. Religion is not the friend of the thinking.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. What the hell does this statement mean?

“I’m praying for this lady, and hope she finds the truth,"

If this man says prayers, I would hope that he finds the truth that God placed breasts on women so they could feed their babies. If someone sees a woman nursing a baby and finds something upsetting about it, they should examine their own feelings and find out what is wrong with them, not punish a woman who is feeding her child as nature intended.

[Texasgal]

5. Oh GOOD GAWD!

WHEN will people WAKE up?


She was FEEDING HER CHILD!!!

[The Straight Story]

7. And perhaps more Ironic - it was in a restaurant - you're supposed to EAT there

and that is what the baby was doing.

[Hekate]

9. Prayers answered: God just showed you what women have breasts for. Idiot. nt

[Gwerlain]

10. Simple response from my viewpoint...

She says to the idiot, "If you're so damn holy how come you can't keep your eyes to yourself?"

[nosmokes]

11. did y'all read any of the reader comments?

it wass pretty heartening for tuscaloosa alabama. i know it's a college town anat, but it's still the deep south. to find that the vast number of the posters on the paper's forum were on the left side of the political spectrum is good news.

[The Straight Story]

12. Didn't read em, will check em out - thanks for the heads up! (nt)

[flvegan]

13. The kid was eating "off the menu" so fuck 'em.

"most of her breast exposed"

You mean...like, at a beach?

All your nipples are belong to us.