Lisa writes: She went to a LLL meeting the other day and was really put off by the overtones of religion in her local group and is looking for someone a little more "mainstream" for a pre-baby consult and in case of difficulties. ~~ Lisa, LLL is not a religious organization. In fact it is the one organization I know of that has membership across political and religious and cultural and geographic lines, is as varied as it is and wonderful at keeping on track for mothers and babies while being so careful about mixing causes and losing focus. At any meeting there should be tolerance of any and all or no religious affiliations. Having led many meetings with varied mom and moms-to-be who were atheist, Christian, Orthodox Jewish, Buddhist, spiritual but not religiously affiliated, etc all in the same meeting, the Leader is responsible for making sure the no one feels put off by another participant's views. I would call the Leader to let her know this mom's experience. If the Leader was part of it, I would contact her District Advisor or someone at LLLI. Peace, Judy Judy LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL Brooklyn, NY, USA **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the U.S. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002) *********************************************** 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