A Michigan church pastor has apologized to a mother who was told to cover up for breastfeeding her child in order to prevent “lustfulness” in men. Ben Walls Sr., lead pastor of the Naz Church in Brighton, told Livingston Daily last week that he has now apologized to 29-year-old Amy Marhant, the mother who was told to cover up by a church leader in mid-June.
“Of all the places, it is most hurtful when it comes from your own church, that you are going to cause guys to lust after you,” Marchant said about her experience. “I was told it was immodest, that it was not shaming, that (breastfeeding) can cause men to lust and stumble,” she added. READ MORE
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I don’t believe he was wrong in doing so. Modesty in all things is something sorely lacking in most women today. He should have stood his ground. By apologizing he has shown his weakness as the elder of the Church before a jezebel spirit. Blood is now in the water.
Seems this pastor forgets that Jesus was supportive of breastfeeding. Shaming it as a sexual issue in any way discourages women from breastfeeding. Which not breastfeeding is a negative in God’s eyes. If a man lusts after a woman, who is doing her God-given duty, then he needs to repent to God. Breastfeeding is one of the most innocent forms of caring for a baby there is.