At least Voters got one thing right- NO to GMO labeling.

[muscleman-2013]

Strange that the two states that voted to legalize marijuana voted this down.

That explains it.  Dope heads.

[Voice of Doom]

1. It is pointless because there is no point to label it.  There is zero evidence of any danger and it says absolutely nothing about the product.  
2. What on our current labels is unnecessary but required?  I see nothing on the current label that supports your claim.
3. You are trying to use force by law to make companies put meaningless and unfounded and pointless information on products that will only cost consumers more, regardless of GMOs or not and for what a notion not based on any science or evidence.  May as well require food labels to state they don`t contain any Jesus in them.

It's not meaningless and pointless to a large number of people.  While a can of corn won't "contain Jesus" in it...it might contain GMO ingredients.  So it is accurate to compel companies to label those ingredients.  It's no different then companies having to label food products if they contain soy, nuts or meat treated with antibiotics.  There are people who choose not to eat those products.  Labeling them provides people the ability to know that they contain or don't contain those items.

You're confusing the levels.  You obviously believe there's no harmful effects from eating GMO products.  While you may be right you're limiting other's ability to not choose those products.  GMO products should be subject to the same market forces as any other product.  If those producers are concerned about how GMO products are received in the market then its on them to campaign and advertise the safety of their product.  If they are unable to convince enough people to stay profitable as a business then GMO products get consigned to the dustbin of history along with many other 'well intentioned' but unsellable items.

What you're advocating is social engineering and the use of government force to compel others.  Where an "elite" group of scientists or intellectuals dictate to society what the "lesser" can choose to know.  It sounds like a great theory as long as your aligned with those 'elites'.  Eventually, all power corrupts and you could find yourself on the receiving end of information starvation.  I imagine you'd be advocating a different perspective then...

Maximum freedom of information promotes maximum freedom of choice.  This is the clear answer for people who love liberty.

[The True Adonis]

It's not meaningless and pointless to a large number of people.  While a can of corn won't "contain Jesus" in it...it might contain GMO ingredients.  So it is accurate to compel companies to label those ingredients.  It's no different then companies having to label food products if they contain soy, nuts or meat treated with antibiotics.  There are people who choose not to eat those products.  Labeling them provides people the ability to know that they contain or don't contain those items.

You're confusing the levels.  You obviously believe there's no harmful effects from eating GMO products.  While you may be right you're limiting other's ability to not choose those products.  GMO products should be subject to the same market forces as any other product.  If those producers are concerned about how GMO products are received in the market then its on them to campaign and advertise the safety of their product.  If they are unable to convince enough people to stay profitable as a business then GMO products get consigned to the dustbin of history along with many other 'well intentioned' but unsellable items.

What you're advocating is social engineering and the use of government force to compel others.  Where an "elite" group of scientists or intellectuals dictate to society what the "lesser" can choose to know.  It sounds like a great theory as long as your aligned with those 'elites'.  Eventually, all power corrupts and you could find yourself on the receiving end of information starvation.  I imagine you'd be advocating a different perspective then...

Maximum freedom of information promotes maximum freedom of choice.  This is the clear answer for people who love liberty.

That is some backwards logic you got there.

Anyways, soy is an actual ingredient, a single ingredient, GMO is not.  Its just a classification of a certain type of crop.  Totally different.

[The True Adonis]

We need Dark Matter labels on our food and how many atoms are in each candy bar.  You might not thing those things are harmful, but we have a right to know.

[Andy Griffin]

We need Dark Matter labels on our food and how many atoms are in each candy bar.  You might not thing those things are harmful, but we have a right to know.

Soccer moms everywhere will blog about it soon enough. 

[The True Adonis]

Soccer moms everywhere will blog about it soon enough. 

I think we should replace Congress with Soccer Moms.  They always know best.