When David Green started his family-owned business 40 years ago, it was an enterprise housed in a garage, financed by a $600 bank loan. The first retail store, he recalled in a recent article for USA Today, “wasn’t much bigger than most people’s living rooms, but we had faith that we would succeed if we lived and worked according to God’s word.” Forty years later, it appears that the faith and the work have been abundantly rewarded. The company, Hobby Lobby, is now one of the nation’s largest arts and crafts retailers, with more than 500 stores in 41 states.
But the faith of Green and his family stands to be penalized, not rewarded, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandate that requires coverage of contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs, with no deductibles or co-pay, in the health insurance employers provide for their workers. Green, a devout Baptist, says his Christian faith and conscience will not permit him to comply with that mandate, issued in pursuance of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare).
“Being Christians, we don’t pay for drugs that might cause abortions,” Green wrote. “Which means that we don’t cover emergency contraception, the morning-after pill or the week-after pill. We believe doing so might end a life after the moment of conception, something that is contrary to our most important beliefs. It goes against the biblical principles on which we have run this company since day one.”
Since the penalty for noncompliance is $100 per employee per day, Green, with thousands of employees nationwide, says the cost to him would be an estimated $1.3 million a day, forcing the company in short order to close its doors and go out of business. Like the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and an array of religiously affiliated schools, hospitals, and other non-profits, Hobby Lobby in September filed suit in U.S. District Court to overturn the HHS mandate. That, in turn, has inspired a backlash against the company by those who believe employees have a right to have their sex lives subsidized. A “Boycott Hobby Lobby” page soon appeared on Facebook, and the page administrator claimed it was having the desired effect.
“I’ve been to two Hobby Lobby parking lots today and they were fairly empty,” read one posting. “I used to have trouble finding a parking spot! I think the boycott is catching on!” If so, then the Green family is already paying a price for adhering to the principles of their conservative Christian faith.
Read more at The New American. By Jack Kenny.
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Since Barry took office he has persecuted Jesus the Christ 57 times according to Biblical Scholar Dr. Van Impe! I believe that Barry is an Islamic Muslim and according to Dr. Henry Kissinger in Jan 2009, Barry was Primed to Create a One World Gov’t! And it is my belief that he is the One who is creating a Califate throughout the 57 Muslim States! Listen to his words then, watch his behavior! Please Pray for our Nation as we get ready to go over the Fiscal Cliff!
Shelomith Shalom …. Ha Tushiyyah ….
Kissinger is a new world order guy and belongs to the bilderbergs, last time I checked.
Yes! And you will also find that Barry and many of his Democrate friends in the Senate are members of the Bilderber Org. which was formed in 1954 as a counter to Isreal’s formation as a state in 1948, and their Mission is to Create a New Wolrd Order, or Gov’t. i.e., European Union, or Revived Roman Empire! I believe that Dr. Kisinger was Deep Thoat in the Watergate affair as well. His numerology is 666, and if you study ancient Hbrew Scripture you will find that Barry is refered to as Baraq Baw-maw! He is one of the Anti-Christ Dark Lords, of which there are many here on Earth at this time!
You call the act that creates life sin but the life it produces sacred. What a joke.
please explain your comments…..
America needs more businesses like Hobby Lobby. History tells us that many have died in His name. It has come full circle, again many will die for the faith – be it physically or financially. The ayatollah barack hussein obama, a self confessed muslim, is thought to be the MHADI (12th imam) – that is why they are priming themselves for the great announcement from ayatollah barack. To kill and destroy the Infidel is a “must”. I salute Hobby Lobby and always enjoyed visiting in their shops
I have not as yet had the opportunity to visit a Hobby Lobby store,but if I ever get the money to go you better believe that I will go right through a Boy Cot any day of the week.
If that racist American hating bigot & his crones don’t like it then they can lump it.
Yes, and this is an interesting senario regarding Barry’s pre-selection as the 12th Imam, however he will not be the one who sits on the Throne of David proclaiming to be the True God which is Blasphimus! He will be vaiing for that position, but will fail because the one who will be selected was actually born in Rome and is currently the illegitamte ruler of a European State and is the direct descendant of Titus, the Roman General who destroyed Israel in 70 AD.
If you study the Book of Daniel you will find the at the two Iron Legs of the Statue Figure in King Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream are translated to mean The Revived Roman Empire as one leg, and the Muslim Chalifate for the 57 Muslim States as the other leg! This results in Armageddon, or the Last Great War near Megiddo! We are currently moving into the Last Days that Jesus the Christ spoke of in the Book of Matthew! Fasten you safety belts!
OMG!! i see you people posting on here every single day, not every single thing this jack ass in office is THE END DAYS!!! READ YOUR BIBLE PEOPLE, until the rapture happens we are not in the end days, an even when that event happens it will be 7 more years until Christ comes back to defeat the anti Christ. Get off of your soap box on all the END DAYS CRAP. If you want to follow our Lords teachings like we are suppose to…PRAY FOR Obama, then maybe god will come unto him an change his wicked ways, an he will see the light instead of the darkness that he is seeing now.
There is no rapture. It is not mentioned one single time in the whole of the Bible, no bible dictonary or concordance. The 7 years before Christ returns, has been cut short to 5 months. Check it out-
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics You will find a full explanation with scriptures, you do not have to take anyones word for this. If you check out- http://www.westernjournalism.com you will find that the old Roman Empire has already been reformed, as of November 2012. We are in the End Times, no one knows who the antichrist is, however, he will make a 7 year treaty with Israel, which will reveal him at that time. Getting angry because people are talking about what is happening in our world, will not stop anything. God has HIS plan, HE is very clear about that and we are to be alert and prepare ourself for the coming of the antichrist and our survival until Christ returns.
Karol, Have you checked out the Catholic Latin Volgate? This scriptural document or the Good News is that it spells out the “Rapapir” which when translated means “Rapture”, when Jesus the Christ will come on a cloud and shouts “Come Up Hither” at which time all those who are Believers in the Christ will be taken up! Ancient Scripture also reveals that there will be a “First Supper” for all of those who are Christ Followers, and I Am delighted to share with you that the First Supper Table is being set as I write this message! We are all Siritaul Beings on a Human Journey, not Human Beings on a Spioritual Journey! May God Bless you and your Family!
Abortion isn’t just a political issue; it can also be a religious one. In which case, forcing employers to pay for abortion-causing drugs violates their freedom and practice of religion, a Constitutional right.
If you agree, make your voice heard and exempt companies like Hobby Lobby from the healthcare mandate.
http://j.mp/ULnpUm