Your Daily Vegan

As Election Day draws near, we wanted to provide you with the internet buzz on Ohio State Issue 2.  Please feel free to add to the list (via the comments) of great information sites out there talking about this issue.

Please, get informed.  Then vote NO on Ohio State Issue 2!

• Ohio Supreme Court Justice, Maureen O’Connor, calls State Issue 2 a “inappropriate use” of the Ohio Constitution.

• An Ohio woman speaks up and wants people to “Stand Up for Democracy in Ohio – Vote NO on Issue 2!” So do we, so do we.

• Farm Aid talks about why you should vote NO on Ohio State Issue 2!

• “If Issue 2 is written into the Ohio Constitution next week, it’ll be that much more difficult for Americans to remain healthy, with or without reforming the health care system.” ~ Bob Cesca from the article, “We can’t reform healthcare without reforming food.”

• “CAFOs to Seize Ohio thru Issue 2″ talks about why Ohio State Issue 2 is so dangerous saying, “Voters should reject any scheme to control our food supply that takes the public and lawmakers out of the discussion.”

• The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association opposes Ohio State Issue 2 saying, “Issue 2 would create a Livestock Care Standards Board, stacked with Big Ag and factory farm supporters, which would have sweeping authority to make decisions related to farms and food in Ohio that would have the force of law. The Board would have largely unchecked power to override any act by the Ohio Department of Agriculture and the Ohio Assembly.”  They provide a lot of good information and ways you can help defeat Issue 2 on the “OEFFA Action Alert” page.

• Gee, I wonder where the money to support Ohio State Issue 2 is coming from.  I’m sure it’s just concerned citizens and not large corporate livestock entities.  Oh, wait, that’s right….it is.  So not only do they want a constitutional amendment that gives them unbridled power, and they are funding the advertising themselves.  Now ask yourself why.  Are they doing it to “save Ohio’s farms and local food” like they claim, or are they in it for the money?  If you think they are in it to help Ohio farms or the animals, ask yourself why a large corporation in the business of killing animals would use a large portion of money (hundreds upon hundreds upon thousands of dollars) to support “welfare” legislation in the first place.  I can guarantee you it’s because they are getting something out of it.  Such as the ability to regulate their own industry.  You think they are really going to care about anything more than making a profit?

• Rob Swindell, writing for the Amherst News-Times, wrote a great article about why Ohio State Issue 2 is not about animal rights. He talks about the problems Issue 2 faces and the amount of money the supporters of Issue 2 are spending for advertising, “It is interesting that the factory farmers and the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation have $5 million sitting around to ensure that they can continue to abuse animals for corporate profits.”  Doesn’t that seem strange to you?  It does to me!

• PeaceChicken brings us an update on Ohio State Issue 2 with TONS of information about who is funding the supporters of Ohio State Issue 2, as well as groups that oppose Ohio State Issue 2.  It’s a must read!

• The Ohio Environmental Council announced its opposition to Ohio State Issue 2, a wide-ranging proposal to amend the Ohio Constitution in the name of “safe and affordable” food to establish livestock and poultry confinement standards.

• The Dayton Daily News says that, “Big Agribusiness wants to change Ohio’s Constitution and prevent us, the voters, from having any future input. Issue 2 is downright un-American.“

There are even several Facebook pages dedicated to telling Ohioans to vote NO on Ohio State Issue 2:

Ohio Act – Vote NO on Issue 2

Ohioans Against Issue 2

And these are just a few, there are a ton more articles out there on this issue to read through.  Take some time and get informed my fellow Ohioans.  Get informed then vote NO on Ohio State Issue 2.