Kathy Koch has sent two messages on behalf of us listmothers to request that the discussion about a recent development in the US presidential election campaign be held within the Lactnet guidelines. Please do avail yourselves of the chance to run a post by us listmothers, by sending it to [log in to unmask] rather than to the list. Here are some hints about where it is appropriate to make one's opinion known: Lactnet, if it is a general opinion on matters of principle, such as the right to maternity leave and the right to a paid break in a safe, comfortable place to express milk during work hours if the maternity leave doesn't last as long as the breastfeeding. Lactnet, if it is to make known a candidate's *stated position* or voting record on the abovementioned issues NOT Lactnet if it is to discuss the relative merits of a specific candidate's presumed choices on said issues, based on PR about the candidate's own life NOT Lactnet, but by ballot where you live, if it is a specific opinion on the policies of a particular candidate running for elected office and you can vote Rachel Myr US ex-pat, living in a country where we have had various cabinet ministers take maternity leave and come back still breastfeeding for a couple of decades now, and it works fine - no one is so indispensible that their deputy can't do the job if they are indisposed - so I am with Magda on this one, patiently waiting for my own country to get on board with the rest of the developed world and enact a law guaranteeing every mother the right to paid maternity leave that lasts at least until her afterpains have subsided :P *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome