As I headed off to work this morning (salad, low fat cottage cheese, grapes and a diet coke in hand) I had the unfortunate experience to hearing of Mississippi's proposed law on The Morning Show (CBS). I could hardly believe my ears. When I got to work I took a few minutes to research the issue on line. Sure enough, there it was. My stomach turned. I kept thinking "This can't be happeneing in the U.S." Isn't this the kind of mentality espoused by the Nazi Party during the 30's and 40's. Is it not alo the mentality of those who denied African American's of their rights for so many, many years? America...land of the free and home of the brave...except

How dare the Mississippi Legislature or any other body relegate who and where it's citizens can and cannot eat? Pardon my saying so, but this is very ass-backward thinking. Food, like any other substance can be powerfully addictive. Obese individuals do not cost this government any more than the gamblers, sex addicts, drug addicts, anorexics, bulemics, alcoholics et al. If the same amount of attention and medical interevention were used for obese individuals as bulemic and anorexics (hospitalization, education, counseling, reintergration, and follow-up) then perhaps we could boast that we are a country whose people have equal access. What about environment and genetics.

The truth of the matter is that people who have weight issues have been discriminated against for all time. It wasn't until 1955 that full-figured women could buy commercially made clothing. Cookie-cutter mentality is so unbecoming in this day and age. Will I have to carry a special ID? Will we open green-front diners? Will I have to stop being who I am because Mississippi doesn't like how I look? This isn't a health issue. It is a prejudice issue. Get your heads on striaght people and pray that you aren't among the next to be singled out.