Making It Unlawful to Discriminate Height/Weight

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Making It Unlawful to Discriminate Height/Weight #578674 01/17/10 04:50 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,398 Ontario, Canada M o e OP Tiger
OP M o e Tiger Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,398 Ontario, Canada	Marilyn Wann (Fat!SO? author, activist) contacted me and asked to pass this information along to you. Quote: Hi: An important hearing on height/weight civil rights is happening in Massachusetts this month! You can help make history!!! The bill, sponsored by Rep. Byron Rushing, is called H. 1850 ï¿½ An Act Making It Unlawful to Discriminate on the Basis of Height and Weight. The hearing happens Wednesday, January 27, at 10:30am in Hearing Room A-2 of the Boston State House. If you ï¿½ or anyone you know ï¿½ can attend and testify in support of the bill, that's wonderful! Please let me know. You can also help by sending an email ï¿½ quick and easy and very effective! * * * Include in your email: 1. A statement of support. For example: I support H. 1850. I strongly encourage Massachusetts lawmakers to vote for this bill and enact much-needed protection against height/weight discrimination. 2. For extra credit: Tell your story of height or weight discrimination! - especially discrimination in employment, education, housing, medical care, or public accommodations, the areas the law would cover 3. Optional: Offer your expertise regarding the extent and the impact of height or weight discrimination. * * * Send your email to Rushing's legislative aide Tracy Choi: Tracy.Choi@state.ma.us IF you also bcc your email to Marilyn [marilyn{at}fatso.com]she'll award an autographed copy of her book Fat!So to the 100th person (and each 100 after that). "Please forward this message to your friends and networks!!!"

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