Vertically challenged

Lawmakers are considering a bill that would make Massachusetts just the second state to bar discrimination based on height or weight.

Ellen Frankel stands just 4-foot-8 inches tall, a size that allowed larger co-workers to playfully scoop her up at the office and make remarks about her height.

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''People in authority will very easily make comments about height that they wouldn't make about race or gender,'' said Frankel

I'm 6' 8" and a day doesn't go by that some genius (?) doesn't ask how tall I am, or make some other comment on my height.

Therefore, I can appreciate what Frankel is saying.

It would be considered rude for me to comment on their weight (How fat are you?), but there doesn't need to be a law and the scientific community is united in that fact.

If it passes I'm sure someone will want reparations.