"Mississippi legislators this week introduced a bill that would make it illegal for state-licensed restaurants to serve obese patrons. Bill No. 282, a copy of which you'll find below, is the brainchild of three members of the state's House of Representatives, Republicans W. T. Mayhall, Jr. and John Read, and Democrat Bobby Shows. The bill, which is likely dead on arrival, proposes that the state's Department of Health establish weight criteria after consultation with Mississippi's Council on Obesity. It does not detail what penalties an eatery would face if its grub was served to someone with an excessive body mass index."
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0201081fat1.html
Well, doesn't that just about take the cake....even the Smoking Gun. One would think that after years of living as a fat person, I would have had enough of fat prejudice a few years ago, but no. Lately I have really gotten upset with the ignorance in society regarding body weight. Locally, the provincial teaching society is wanting to put the students weight and a grading of weight on every students report card. Again, being fat is one of the last acceptable things to be openly prejudiced about without much reprimand. It saddens me to realize that its really not 'ok' to be fat in society. It is amazing with the number of fat folks in the south, that these politicians can get away with crap like this*shrugs*.
Tara
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0201081fat1.html
Well, doesn't that just about take the cake....even the Smoking Gun. One would think that after years of living as a fat person, I would have had enough of fat prejudice a few years ago, but no. Lately I have really gotten upset with the ignorance in society regarding body weight. Locally, the provincial teaching society is wanting to put the students weight and a grading of weight on every students report card. Again, being fat is one of the last acceptable things to be openly prejudiced about without much reprimand. It saddens me to realize that its really not 'ok' to be fat in society. It is amazing with the number of fat folks in the south, that these politicians can get away with crap like this*shrugs*.
Tara
