A recent ruckus has erupted in London over
quite a strange issue. One of London’s most opulent hotels Claridges apparently
asked a breastfeeding mother to cover up. This has united a whole series of
disparate elements into the campaign. Outraged mothers are holding
demonstrations outside the hotel. To cap it all other politicians have tended
so far to stay silent but the leader of the UK Independence party has appeared
to back the staff.
The cries of outrage have been swirling round
the internet and the hotel has been forced to say that they do in fact allow
breastfeeding.
It has emerged as one of the small issues of
the day and the papers are full of the legal niceties saying that a ban is
apparently discriminatory.
Of course this is a minefield as some people
claim to be offended by the sight. Personally I find it a beautiful sight and
cannot imagine anybody really objecting. It symbolizes to me a mother’s love
and I am not offended by the sight myself. However it has certainly started a
small storm and the hotel is really being forced to clarify its position under
the weight of protests and publicity
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