I breast fed in public in four countries, and I never got asked to stop, although I did get some glares occasionally in restaurants. I'm usually pretty shy and do not like public disapproval much, but I really have no patience with it in this case. I remember reading about a case recently in America where the woman was called to jury duty, and when they wouldn't let her feed her baby there, she insisted, and was held in contempt and charged, in fact I think she was even thrown in jail. One of the O states, Ohio, Omaha? Or possibly Iowa. I was pretty shocked.
I think it was Hanna who breast fed Samuel till he was five, although my memory of the bible is weak. But my mother had a baby when I was 11 and I remember her talking about it, because she wanted to do the same. She breast fed my youngest sister till my sister was four, in fact, and developed a milk allergy. I remember reading a while back about a woman (in another O state I think) who breast fed her boy till he was 8. She went on Oprah with it to show the world how beautiful and okay it was, and the state charged her with child abuse. Hmmm, things seem to get very wierd there in the bible belt sometimes.