In one of the most bizarre lawmaker acts ever, Mississippi legislators seek to stop any restaurant – which requires a state health permit and has more than five seats – from serving food to obese customers.
From The Smoking Gun:
FEBRUARY 1–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. (2 pages)
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[...] range wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIn one of the most bizarre lawmaker acts ever, Mississippi legislators seek to stop any restaurant – which requires a state health permit and has more than five seats – from serving food to obese customers. From The Smoking Gun: FEBRUARY 1–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. (2 pages) [...]
A restaraunt customer of any size need not do anything but pay for their food and perhaps tip their waiter. After that, shut up and serve the customer.
Regards,
Berry