This eFlux Media article by Anna Boyd summarizes the situation with a bill proposed by a Mississippi legislator that would prevent restaurants in Mississippi from serving those that are obese.  Apparently the legislator realized that the bill had no chance of becoming law but submitted the bill simply to draw attention to the huge problem that Mississippi has with obesity which the legislator contends is the state’s number one problem.  Over 30% of the state’s citizens are obese.

Understandably, pretty much everyone, particularly the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, whose website says, “We come in all sizes, understand it, support it, accept it,” was against the bill.  

The bill has no chance of being seriously considered by the Mississippi legislature.

So this latest attempt at Nanny Statism, extreme version, has been defeated.  No doubt we’ll see other similar attempts in the future as the obesity epidemic continues unabated in the US.