[mmichaels1970]

Bill will be "dead on arrival", but the message about where this country is going becomes more and more clear. Nice image of the text of the bill available at the link.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

So much for equal protection.

[Augustinian monk]

Mississippi is a nanny state on steroids. Ironic since its suposed to be a very “Republican” state. Over 60% of their counties are dry.

[Mygirlsmom]

“Brainchild” of Republicans....the world has gone mad.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Scrappleface just keeps getting funnier and fun....wait, this is real?! WTF?! Welcome to the nanny state!

[chaos_5]

Why do I get the feeling the rats are behind this bill...

[Mr. Jeeves]

Mississippi Pols Seek To Ban Fats

At first I read that as "Fan Bats" and wondered how the environmental extremists had managed to get so far in Mississippi. ;)

[trumandogz]

Notice how the MSM has to mention the sponsors are Republican in the very first paragraph!

[RoadKingSE]

I guess Haley Barbour is gonna have to go to his momma’s house for chicken and dumplings.

[swarthyguy]

>>Republicans W. T. Mayhall, Jr. and John Read,

LOL! That’s what I like, bipartisan nannyness.

And some will claim that Repubs are different! What a crock.

This violates not only basic discrimination laws(it’d be OK if they were smokers, since they have no rights) , but, if you assume fatties are handicapped, then the ADA as well.

I love it.

[COBOL2Java]

Mississippi Pols Seek To Ban Fats

Both of them?

[ModelBreaker]

A lot of fat people are diabetic. Suppose they are going into insulin shock and walk into a restaurant to get something to bring their blood sugar up. I was once married to a diabetic. That kind of stuff happens more than you think. Not infrequently, we had to stop to get something to eat because of blood sugar issues.

[Red_Devil 232]

Well that would free up the all buffet bars at the “all you can eat” establishments.

[Phantom Lord]

While the bill is certainly DOA, I can see future legislation somewhere to crack the door open to such a thing. It will start with sliding tax based on the fat content of foods. It will then go to banning fat people from buying certain foods. And it will progress from there.

And it will all be because of socialized medicine.

[Jim Hill]

So any fat folk who travel to Mississippi and stay in a hotel-motel will have to pack a lunch?

[Digger]

Let’s just call it “The 21st Century Dark Ages”. Global Warming, PC crapola, etc.

[darkangel82]

ping

[Hawthorn]

It looks suspciously like an attempt to re-introduce a degree of racial segregation. Even if the bill should pass, the feds surely would block it.

[Wuli]

“Republicans W. T. Mayhall, Jr. and John Read, and Democrat Bobby Shows”

not republicans, just rinos

[tioga]

-here’s a nanny state ping for ya.

[capt. norm]

They are going about it all wrong!

All they need to do is regulate the width of all the entrance doors to the restaurants and narrow them down to the desired size and that would do the job.

They could even put up a sign like "You must be at least this skinny to enter".

But I would think these "heavy" eaters would be among a restaurant's best customers. I would be drawn to a restaurant that advertised "All the fat people eat here"....and there's something about a skinny chef that makes me suspicious.