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Hobby Lobby sues to maintain religious beliefs (New POTUS Admin. will have what effect?)
• Snopes - and story behind 2012 USA Today ArticleColumn: Christian companies can't bow to sinful mandate - USA Today Article 2012-09-12
http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/hobbylobby.asp
Hobby Lobby May Close All Stores - please read the open letter
Liberals have been trying to shut down Hobby Lobby for years, but the chain has always remained strong: until now. According to American News, Hobby Lobby founder and CEO David Green just released an open letter explaining that he may need to close all of his stores. Here's the full letter:
October 25, 2016 3:27:07 PM When my family and I started our company 40 years ago, we were working out of a garage on a $600 bank loan, assembling miniature picture frames. Our first retail store 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.
From there, Hobby Lobby has become one of the nation's largest arts and crafts retailers, with more than 500 locations in 41 states. Our children grew up into fine business leaders, and today we run Hobby Lobby together, as a family.
We believe that it is by God's grace that Hobby Lobby has endured, and he has blessed us and our employees. We've not only added jobs in a weak economy, we've raised wages for the past four years in a row. Our full-time employees start at 80% above minimum wage.
Our government threatens to fine job creators in a bad economy.
Our government threatens to fine a company that's raised wages four years running. Our government threatens to fine a family for running its business according to its beliefs. It's not right. I know people will say we ought to follow the rules; that it's the same for everybody. But that's not true. So, Hobby Lobby and my family are forced to make a choice. With great reluctance, we filed a lawsuit today, represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, asking a federal court to stop this mandate before it hurts our business.
We don't like to go running into court, but we no longer have a
The government is forcing us to choose between following our faith and following the law. I say that's a choice no American and no American business should have to make.
Since you will not see this in the liberal media, please pass this on to all your contacts. |