For decades, stodgy conservatists have argued that breastfeeding in public was completely unacceptable. However, time and time again, the government has sided with the liberals, enacting several laws to protect a woman’s right to breastfeed on federal and public property.

Now, the great debate rages on in the digital age with Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites left to choose sides.

Is it OK for a mother to post a picture of herself breastfeeding on her profile?

According to Facebook, the answer is a resounding ‘no.’

I Really Should Study reports:

However, Facebook has shown what it believes to be right by taking down pictures of breastfeeding posted by its members. They even went so far as to ban a user, Kelli Roman, for posting a picture of herself breastfeeding her baby. The company says that it violates its terms and conditions and the picture was of an obscene nature.

[…] In response, another social network group was created call “Hey Facebook, Breastfeeding is Not Obscene”, which now has over 10,000 members. This group is also planning on staging the first virtual protest…

The protest to take place is asking that the users of Facebook who breastfeed to post a picture of breastfeeding as their profile picture and if possible to show up at the Facebook headquarters to protest the removal of these pictures.

While I don’t understand the mentality behind publishing such photographs online, there’s no way a breastfeeding picture could ever be “obscene” – unless, you know, it’s a grown man in the picture, not a baby.

However, that’s simply not the case here. And so, I must ask: Why so serious, Facebook?