fat, living in mississippi? No food for you

[offroadaz]

A legislator in Mississippi has proposed legislation that would forbid restaurant from serving people defined as “obsese:”

It has actually happened. Lawmakers have proposed legislation that forbids restaurants and food establishments from serving food to anyone who is obese (as defined by the State). Under this bill, food establishments are to be monitored for compliance under the State Department of Health and violators will have their business permits revoked.

House Bill 282 was introduced in the 2008 Mississippi legislative session on Friday by Representative W.T. Mayhall, Jr., a retired pharmaceutical salesman with DuPont-Merk. Its co-authors are Bobby Shows, a businessman, and John Read, a pharmacist.

http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/01/no-fat-people-allowed-only-slim-will-be.html

nanny state :skull:

[John_P]

Republicans and Red states nannys? Who'da thunk it?

[offroadaz]

Republicans and Red states nannys? Who'da thunk it?

theres not much difference between the modern republicans and the old democrats :aagh:

[Duality]

I would vote for this bill.

[ArizonaSunshine]

WTH.... To each their own. I don't want someone deciding if I could or couldn't eat. Do they realize just because some1 maybe overweight it may not be because they over eat. There's medications that make people gain weight & also medical conditions that are beyond a persons control. They should mind their own business!

[TRobertsRN]

WTH.... To each their own. I don't want someone deciding if I could or couldn't eat. Do they realize just because some1 maybe overweight it may not be because they over eat. There's medications that make people gain weight & also medical conditions that are beyond a persons control. They should mind their own business!



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[desertrubi]

It all comes down to way to much government oversight in our daily lives. Republican or Democrat, dosn't matter. A politician is a politician. All slimmy rats. Its not the governments place to tell people they can't eat. Is the next step to start watching their grocery bill? Have people at the stores to make the "fat people" put the bag of chips back? When is it enough. Just more government trying to be more intrusive.