Jeffrey Smith admits GMO labeling was never his goal

[Attorney in Texas]

10. Defending GMOs on grounds that they are not poisonous is like defending manufacturers who exploit

child labor overseas on grounds that the products are indistinguishable from ethically assembled products.

Regardless of whether GMOs are not poison, it is a business practice that seeks to monopolize agribusiness and it recklessly destroys independent farms; here's some interesting reading:

Genetically Modified Crops: Why Cultivation Matters

Induced Nuisance: Holding Patent Owners Liable for GMO Cross-Contamination

Life is Better in the Land Down Under: Australian Treatment of GM Contamination and Why It Should Be Followed in the United States

I prefer non-GMO products for reasons that have nothing to do with whether or not the GMOs are poison; I avoid GMOs for ethical reasons, just like I avoid Chick-fil-A, Coors beer, products of apartheid, Walmart, unfairly traded coffee, and conflict diamonds for ethical reasons.

Why are so many progressives opposed to allowing consumers to have information to use as their basis to choose products?

I'm not a vegan, but I certainly have no beef (ha, a pun) with labeling that allows vegans to follow their preferences when choosing food products. Regardless of whether you share my preference to avoid GMOs because I disapprove of the business model that creates them, why can't we agree that I should be entitled to the information necessary for me to exercise my own consumer preference when spending my own money?