Religious advocacy group the Center for Christian Virtue (CCV) launched a campaign on Tuesday criticizing certain diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts and LGBT support at major US insurance company Nationwide.
The campaign, titled “Nationwide: Not On Your Side,” targets some of Nationwide's DEI efforts: support Child Transgender Program and participate At the Pride March, organized by the Ohio LGBTQ+ nonprofit Stonewall Columbus, CCV's website showNationwide is also Proposed The Ohio Fairness Act requires businesses to put men's restrooms next to women's restrooms; Received The company received a perfect score in the 2021 Corporate Equality Index, a survey conducted by transgender activist group the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Enterprise Based on whether or not they adhere to LGBTQ+ ideology. (Related: Despite Billions of Dollars in Support, Diversity Training Ineffective, Study Finds)
“For too long, Nationwide has positioned itself as a family-friendly company to its rural and agricultural customers, while defending some of the most extreme bills in the Ohio Legislature and financially supporting organizations that host drag queen story hours and other ridiculous events that harm children,” CCV Chairman Aaron Baer said in a statement. “Enough is enough. We call on all Nationwide Insurance customers to call their brokers and let them know they don't want to do business with a company that puts politics over families. Until Nationwide stops its extreme political advocacy, farmers and families shouldn't stand up for them.”
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Stonewall Columbus organized the Pride march, which included Nationwide representatives. Posts In a social media segment in July titled “Basics 4 Bottoms,” the organization offered gay men sex advice on how to relax their anuses, based in Columbus, where Nationwide is headquartered. main office,Also host “Queer Speed Dating” and “Trans Taco Tuesday.”
The CCV campaign consists of a billboard, digital advertising and text messaging outreach program that details the insurer's DEI policies and how those efforts clash with customers' values. According to According to a press release from CCV, the announcement comes after several major U.S. companies, including Ford, Stanley Black & Decker, Coors and Lowe's, have backtracked on DEI commitments and stopped participating in HRC's Corporate Equality Index in recent months.
“Nationwide Insurance was born out of the Ohio Farm Bureau and was once seen as a family-supporting company, but it has become consumed by left-wing ideology,” Baer said in a statement. “Nationwide must stay out of cultural politics and not act against the interests of Christians, children and the farming community.”
Nationwide and CCV did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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