Boy scouts chairwoman ousted and berated for breastfeeding [View all]

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Boy scouts chairwoman ousted and berated for breastfeeding
posted: August 20, 2012, 5:13 pm

....According to SheKnows Parenting, an Ohio woman was ousted from her position as Boy Scout committee chair for breastfeeding during committee meetings. For the record, the son in question is not nearly old enough to be a Webelo.

The woman,Tess Kinker, enjoyed her position as committee chair for a year before she found herself, and her husband, a Wolf Pack leader, being voted off the committee. She was told the dismissal was the direct result of the “inappropriate and offensive” act of breastfeeding her baby during meetings.

Not only that, according to the unlatched Blog, Kinker was berated by the treasurer, a woman, who told her,

“There are issues with you breastfeeding! It’s disgusting! You even do it in regular shirts!”

After Kinker tried to defend herself and point out her discretionary measures, the secretary, also a woman, joined in on the finger wagging, allegedly shouting:

“there is NO reason I should have to explain to my 11-year-old daughter what you are doing under your blanket or shirt! It’s disgusting and has no place in the scouting organization.”

Kinker’s husband allegedly came to his wife’s defense, pointing out that public breastfeeding was a right by law. He was told that those rights did not stand in church, where the meetings were held.

http://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/08202012boy-scouts-chairwoman-ousted-and-berated-for-breastfeeding/

longer article: http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/969015/boy-scout-committee-chair-dismissed-for-breastfeeding

Wackiest comment: “there is NO reason I should have to explain to my 11-year-old daughter what you are doing under your blanket or shirt! It’s disgusting and has no place in the scouting organization.”