Now: Legislative issues - my point was.../is....

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Sorry, guess I'm not very good at putting across a political point as some

other topics...

My point is that it is LEGAL to discriminate against a person of size in

employment situations.

Not that it has or hasn't happened but that it is legal -- an employer can

" say " s/he doesn't get the job because s/he is too big... not the " image " we

want presented at the front door... Only 4 states have " laws " on the books

that protect equal employment for people of size -- that's why I brought it

up as a " legislative issue " is because it is legal for an employer to tell

me, " You didn't get the job because of your size... " and I have no grounds

to do anything about it based on current laws in most states.

hugz,

~denise

(ps: If y'all want me to " look up " and " backup " which 4 states and so on --

I would search the archives here on the grads list where this topic came up

about a year ago to find the " back-up " -- but... I'm not going to do that,

my dad was taken to the ICU last night and I just don't have the time right

now... sorry... search the archives...)