I'd Go With "Sphincterchild"
The Smoking Gun is describing this bill as the "brainchild" of three Mississippi state legislators. I say that's being awfully generous.
I guess the next logical step would be to ban grocery stores from selling food to obese people. Hell, why not go whole hog (no pun intended) and just make it illegal for fat people to eat? I mean, the sooner they all starve to death, the sooner we'll have whipped this obesity "epidemic", right?
These dolts make Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick look like the elder statesman of common-sense, responsible government.
I need a drink.
House Bill 282
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS FROM SERVING FOOD TO ANY PERSON WHO IS OBESE, BASED ON CRITERIA PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE WRITTEN MATERIALS THAT DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN THE CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A PERSON IS OBESE AND TO PROVIDE THOSE MATERIALS TO THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS; TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The provisions of this section shall apply to any food establishment that is required to obtain a permit from the State Department of Health under Section 41-3-15(4)(f), that operates primarily in an enclosed facility and that has five (5) or more seats for customers.
(2) Any food establishment to which this section applies shall not be allowed to serve food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the State Department of Health after consultation with the Mississippi Council on Obesity Prevention and Management established under Section 41-101-1 or its successor. The State Department of Health shall prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese, and shall provide those materials to all food establishments to which this section applies. A food establishment shall be entitled to rely on the criteria for obesity in those written materials when determining whether or not it is allowed to serve food to any person.
I guess the next logical step would be to ban grocery stores from selling food to obese people. Hell, why not go whole hog (no pun intended) and just make it illegal for fat people to eat? I mean, the sooner they all starve to death, the sooner we'll have whipped this obesity "epidemic", right?
These dolts make Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick look like the elder statesman of common-sense, responsible government.
I need a drink.
