I attended my first protest on Saturday. A few months ago a mother breastfeeding her child at an Applebees in Lexington was told by a waitress and the manager to "cover up" or else she'd have to leave. You may read about the incident here.

So a bunch of us gathered outside the said Applebees to rally for our right to breastfeed in public. I was encouraged to see the diversity among the hundred or so people in attendance. We held up signs for the oncoming traffic to read (from "Its hip to nip" to "How did Mary feed Jesus on that Holy Night?" and "Don't eat at Applebees, eat at Mom's"). Many mothers nursed their children on the grass behind the sidewalk. The atmosphere was calm and friendly, even when we were flipped off by a young guy and screamed at that we were immodest by a twenty-something woman who was, ironically, scantily clad.

Our point was that breastfeeding is not indecent, breasts are not primarily sexual objects, and that the state has graciously and clearly given breastfeeding mom's a law that needs to be upheld.

A good first protest for me. (A thanks to my mother for nursing me, to Alan's mom for nursing him, to our fathers for supporting them, and to the family and friends who were comfortable enough with their bodies to breastfeed in front of us so we'd know it isn't weird. You are all an inspiration.)