Reply #4: This isn't about breastfeeding, it's about equality. [View All]

[Lyric]

I'm sure there's a constitutional argument to be made regarding breastfeeding, and goodness knows that I support the right to breastfeed whenever, wherever, however. But this is about a blatant violation of our Constitution that We The People have tolerated for FAR too long. The relevant portion of the 14th Amendment states (and I quote):

Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. (emphasis mine, of course)

I fail to see how anyone could possibly interpret that as meaning anything else. It very obviously states that all people within the jurisdiction of the government MUST be treated equally under the law. It doesn't say "men", it doesn't even say "citizens". It says PEOPLE. Period.