Is being Obese now considered a disability in the eyes of the law?

Not if you are talking about social security or SSI disability benefits in the US. Obesity alone is not considered a disability. However someone who is obese might become disabled if it affects body systems which become severely disabling. For example if it causes diabetes which causes blindness, kidney failure, neuropathy, etc, or if the obesity causes severe heart damage.

Social Security/SSI definition of disability is a mental or physical condition so severely disabling that you are incapable of working and earning $1090 a month in ANY TYPE of work for at least a year. If age 55 or older you must be incapable of doing the same type of work you've done in the 15 years before becoming disabled.

Source: I was a social security claims rep for 32 yrs.

First off, everyone has the right to sue for anything. That doesn't mean they have the right to win, it just means there's no laws against suing for certain things.

Secondly, obesity is frequently a disabling condition. Obviously, there are things a 500 pound person simply can't do that able-bodied persons are able to do. That does NOT mean that obesity is in itself a disability.

Third, even if obesity were considered a disability by law, that wouldn't give obese people the right to sue employers for not hiring them. Have you ever heard of a quadriplegic or a blind person suing for not getting hired as a delivery driver or an airline pilot? Of course not. No employer is obligated by law to hire people who cannot meet the requirements of the job.

Sadly, yes. Keep in mind we're not talking about the person that's a little chubby here, we're talking about those people who's arms are all flabby and such and look like giant beach balls.

Holy crap. Does this keep you up at night? Get a life.

No, of course not.

No it is not.