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A Massachusetts bill aims to add weight and height to the list of characteristics people cannot use to discriminate with. From the Chicago Tribune: Currently, people can seek protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act, but they must prove their obesity is a disability and, in some cases, that it is caused by physical traits beyond their control. "Right now, fat is just a marker of bad character, an undesirable personal trait that people bring on themselves," said (Anna) Kirkland, (an assistant professor of women's studies and political science at the University of Michigan) who prefers the word fat to the ambiguity of overweight and the clinical-sounding obese. "What you're doing is forcing the law to force social change." The text of the bill is attached to this post. I found this section of the Tribune story particularly intriguing: But not everyone, including the corpulent, considers anti-weight-bias legislation a good idea. ...
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