A Bill banning obese from restaurants?!?!

HAVE YOU ALL SEEN THIS?!?!?! . IF YOU LIVE IN MISSISSIPPI you'd better start writing your Congressmen now.  Idiots.

****** Meet Republicans W. T. Mayhall, Jr. and John Read, and Democrat Bobby Shows. These three idiots are members of Mississippi's House of Representatives and came up with one of the dumbest bills in history. They are proposing a bill that will make it illegal for state-licensed restaurants to serve obese people. That means anybody with a BMI of 30 or above won't be able to eat with everybody else. This is a problem since 30% of the state is considered obese.

The two page document states that any restaurant that breaks the law could get their license pulled. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0201081fat1. html

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That seems pretty illegal.  I doubt it would pass the initial proposals.  Gotta love big brother!!!!!  NOT!!!!!!!

I don't see how it could pass either... but who the [beep] are these Senators that think this is a good idea?  Are they completely unconnected with the real world?  Or are they just stupid and have nothing else to do?

I think resturant owners, or any business owner should pitch a fit about this. Trouble is most of them don't know what the heck their Reps are doing. I think I'd be writing my state rep, calling them and putting ads in the paper. They are taking away civil rights.  Maybe politicians should be banned! Or politicians should have to sew a patch on their arms tagging them Politician. Sorry I'm not even in Miss. Just burns me up.

You know they're trying to HELP us Obese people - if we can't eat in restaurants - we wouldn't get/stay fat as easily.  It worked so well with smokers by saying they couldn't smoke in restaurants - they all quit of course.   Geesh - restaurant owners won't let this happen - we're their best customers - until we have surgery!

Just think- the people in your state ELECTED them to create laws to discriminate against them.. how messed up is that? I can't believe this would be viewed as flagrant discrimination.. what the hell?

How utterly moronic!! This would mean all restaurants would have to put a scale at the door and weigh and measure height on everyone who came in to get their BMI! If I lived in Mississippi I would be more concerned that I had 3 such morons sitting in the legislature than in worrying that this bill would pass!! -Wanda

OMG, that is the stupidest thing I've ever read!  Those representatives must have been really bored to think up that garbage.  What about doing some really important bill writing, like having state employers required to cover WLS, now that would be some good work!   I don't think it could ever pass, too much discrimination.

That is laughable.  This will never be passed, come onnnnnnnnnn!!!!

Correct me IF I am wrong but isnt that DISCRIMINATION?!  After all you cannot compare it to smoking...smoking effects those around you.  Eating does NOT!  If it was NOT for the obese more than half of these restaurants would be out of business! What will they do next?  Ban the obese from the work place?  Or from riding public transportation?  Maybe they should just lock us up and throw away the key so no one has to look at us?  Perhaps they should sterilize us so that we do NOT procreate!  Ok I am going off on a tanget now..I better stop!  Sorry. I am not from MISS But this ticks me off that someone coud even get away with proposing such a thing! As far as the NO SMOKING laws...Just because they stopped smoking in many public places does NOT mean "smokers" STOPPED smoking!