"Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there." The problem is, it turns out that "there" means standing with some of the most dangerous lobbyists in the country.
When a Utah slaughterhouse was caught torturing a cow with a forklift, the police showed up – and arrested Amy Meyer for filming the cruelty from public land. Care2 members might call Amy a hero for protecting animals, but Utah called her a criminal, because of a new state law called "ag gag" that bans filming industrial animal abuse.
Shockingly, corporations we know and patronize like State Farm are funding this madness.
Ag-gag bills are just some of the corporate-friendly laws written by the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, a shadowy, right-wing bill factory. ALEC has two kinds of members: Corporations like Comcast and Koch Industries, who provide funding, and state lawmakers, who try to pass the corporate lobbyists' bills. Other ALEC bills include Stand Your Ground, attacks on voting rights, and requirements that public schools teach climate denial.
ALEC's agenda is so extreme that, thanks to grassroots pressure, many companies have already quit, including Google and Shell. But others, like State Farm, remain.
The good news is that State Farm's CEO, Michael L. Tipsord, started his job just last year, and just might be willing to change the company's direction.
Sign the petition: If Facebook, Google, Walmart, and dozens more can do the right thing and quit ALEC, so can State Farm!
Mr. Tipsord,
As you begin your first full year as president and CEO of State Farm, I urge you to ensure that State Farm stops funding climate denial and ag gag laws. Quit ALEC today!
State Farm might have other reasons for belonging to the right-wing legislation factory, but your money funds all its activity, including not just climate denial and potential animal abuse but also “Stand Your Ground” laws and attacks on voting rights. This isn't your corporate mission, and it's bad for our country and our planet!
