Is Hobby Lobby owned by a right winger?

[bif]

A friend said she was going to shop there for some art supplies and I seem to recall that it was owned by a right winger. Is this a company to boycott?

[EarthFirst]

1. 100%

It’s certainly on our boycott list.

Never been in one; never will…

[snowybirdie]

2. I do remember

They stole artifacts from the mid east for religious reasons and had to pay a huge fine and return them. They also got mandated birth control omitted from Obamacare

[tanyev]

3. The family that paid for the Museum of the Bible and bought false Dead Sea Scroll artifacts

to display in the museum? Yes.

In 2009, Hobby Lobby president Steve Green began acquiring a collection of 16 Dead Sea Scrolls for his Museum of the Bible, a sprawling institution in Washington, D.C. that seeks to provide “an immersive and personalized experience with the Bible, and its ongoing impact on the world around us.”

The museum opened in 2017—and not long after, doubts began to swirl about the authenticity of its Dead Sea Scrolls. Five were confirmed to be fake. And now, reports Michael Greshko for National Geographic, a study commissioned by the museum has reached an even more damning conclusion: “[N]one of the textual fragments in the Museum of the Bible’s Dead Sea Scroll collection are authentic.”

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/all-museum-bibles-dead-sea-scrolls-are-fake-report-finds-180974425/

[Ocelot II]

4. Yes, very much.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby_Lobby

[EYESORE 9001]

5. Slobby Knobby is about to find out

whether enough crafty people exist to support their wretched enterprise after rumpus orders tariffs on goods from Gyna and the price of every fucking thing goes up 25% or more.

[sakabatou]

6. Yup

[boonecreek]

7. Absolutely!

IIRC, they refuse to let their health insurance cover contraceptive pills.
That's enough for me.

[piddyprints]

29. That's enough for me too.

It's the only hobby place in town, but I have never stepped foot into it. I'll order online if I can't find what I want anywhere else. Whenever anyone gives me directions to a place that's "next to Hobby Lobby," I tell them I have no idea where that is because I don't shop there.

[boonecreek]

31. Another place I won't set foot in

is Chick-fil-A. I don't care how good their chicken sandwiches are,
the ones they have at Culver's are probably just as good.

[Redleg]

34. Your Culvers must be better than the one we have here

I haven't eaten there for a while but it was mediocre. I might have to try the chicken sandwich.

[piddyprints]

45. Yep.

I totally agree. I don't eat fast food anyway... but if I did, it wouldn't be Chick-fil-A.

[kimbutgar]

8. It also is anti gay and a christofascist company

Goods unite us app has a 99% rating as a Republican supporting company.

I now look at that app when making my buying decisions,

[BigMin28]

9. The owner sued

The government over the Affordable Care Act coverage on birth control all the way to the USSC. Hobby Lobby won. Birth control was struck from the ACA. One thieving family owns it.

[TexasTowelie]

10. Yes.

They were the defendants in Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby which removed the contraception mandate on employers that was part of the ACA. The owners of Hobby Lobby are Catholics who said that the mandate violated their religious beliefs and that providing birth control went against their Christian faith.

[GoCubsGo]

11. Right-winger AND looted antiquities smuggler..

It was mostly his scumbag son, but the shit doesn't far fall from the asshole...

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/28/623537440/hobby-lobbys-illegal-antiquities-shed-light-on-a-lost-looted-ancient-city-in-ira

[themaguffin]

12. Really, really bad ones.

[Initech]

13. Yup, they got caught smuggling artifacts from Iraq and Iran to build their stupid Bible Museum in DC.

Something that is equal parts blasphemous and unconstitutional at the same time.

[Danmel]

14. They refuse to carry Hanukkah merchandise

Jewish holidays aren't legit for them. I have never and will never darken their stores with my semitic blood.

[3catwoman3]

18. Wow, I didn't know about this part of their...

...shitty principles.

That's really disgusting.

[whopis01]

30. I did not know that.

I already had a list of reasons why I will never go into one of their stores.

I will add that one to the top of the list.

[dsc]

35. I didn't know that since I never set foot in one

to be fair it isn't all that hard for me to not shop there as it isn't my big thing.

[Rebl2]

15. Last

I knew it was owned by big time trump supporter. Have not stepped inside hobby lobby for probably 8 or nine years. Quit shopping there when I found out they supported evil orange one.

[Rebl2]

19. Went back

and corrected.

[Basso8vb]

17. By a Christofascist nazi sympathizer.

[dobleremolque]

21. Hobby Lobby is owned by the Green family and is

headquartered in Oklahoma City. Green says the company was founded to express their "evangelical Protestant beliefs."

The company is most prominently known for fighting the requirements in the Affordable Care Act to provide contraception and birth control in company-provided health care plans. Hobby Lobby took the issue all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in 2014 that the company, and others like it (i.e. "closely held corporations" ) could refuse to cover birth control in company health plans, based on the owner or owners' religious preferences.

Hobby Lobby has also been criticized for refusal in the past, to carry "Jewish" items, like Hanukkah decorations. The company was also accused of receiving smuggled archeological artifacts from the Middle East, for display in the "Museum of the Bible", which Green and the company also sponsor.

According to Forbes Magazine, Green is also part of network of billionaires who gave Donald Trump $160-million in 2024 for "election integrity."

More information at this Wikipedia article......

[bif]

22. Thanks for the info

I'll tell her to avoid it like the plague.

[LeftInTX]

33. Yes. Look for another place

Unfortunately, their stock is better than Michael's.

I hope she can find what she's looking for elsewhere.

Sometimes Walmart will carry some of the stuff....
Art supply stores, of course carry art supplies.

I have had the misfortunate where the only place I could find emergency mosquito netting was Hobby Lobby. (House was being remodeled, with no screens, no AC and our windows were open. It was also winter). I put the netting on curtain rods.

Fabric stores seem to be going out of business. Hobby Lobby is the only place that carries a special water tube that I use for killing weeds. (Although I think I can find it on Amazon now)

Hobby Lobby carries a bunch of useless home decor. I think their floral can be found at Michaels and maybe Walmart.

[jmowreader]

38. "Better than Michael's" goes without saying

Pretty much EVERYONE is better than Michael's.

Something I've never been able to figure out: The biggest name in leathercrafting is Tandy Leather. They used to run Radio Shack, which was the main place that sold electronic components like resistors and capacitors. Instead of letting Radio Shack turn into a cell phone store, why in heck didn't they merge with Michael's and have leathercraft and electronics be departments in those stores - or create a Michael's-like craft store chain with those two departments in it? I mean, who anticipated the maker movement?

[LeftInTX]

41. Just checked google maps and there is Tandy Leather not too far from me.

It's in a weird place that's hard to access. I didn't even know it existed!
But it's got good reviews on Yelp and it's very spacious and well stocked inside!

[bif]

42. I'm suggesting Blick

It's a fantastic store.

[LeftInTX]

43. We don't have them here. Looks like it's well stocked!

[allegorical oracle]

23. Yes. It's super religious, anti-abortion. I opt not to shop there.

[JT45242]

28. I would say claims to be super religious.... doesn't really follow any of the tenets of the one they say espouse.

It uses the claim to be super religious to try to get out of paying for healthcare for female employees.

It does not pay a living wage to most of its workers. It does not donate back to help homeless, orphans, etc... (You know all that stuff in Matthew 25)

It certainly does not love its neighbor as itself. or any other version of the golden rule.

[allegorical oracle]

40. Oh for sure. Only time I went to one of those stores (a friend dragged me there), I really didn't

know that much about the store. After about 10 minutes, it became glaringly apparent. Crosses, crucifixes, Bible signage everywhere. Didn't find the assortment/prices for art supplies to be that great, either.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

24. Yes, this company is owned by some RWNJs and should be boycotted

[Beringia]

25. They do cover contraception, just not after the egg is fertilized

Hobby Lobby is concerned about the health of all of its employees, which is why all of Hobby Lobby’s full-time employees are offered a generous benefits plan that includes coverage for most contraceptives along with an on-site clinic with no co-pay at company headquarters, medical, dental, prescription drugs, long-term disability, and other benefits.

The Greens, who own Hobby Lobby, would not pay for the following drugs and devices in their employees' health plans:
Plan B and Ella: Two emergency contraceptive pills

ParaGard and Mirena: Two intrauterine devices (IUDs)

Other drugs and devices that could terminate life: The Greens objected to any drugs or devices that could end a life after conception



I shop there once in a while, but no longer

[Bluethroughu]

26. Anti-Abortion, want Christian garb in public places,

Do not like LGBTQ, and don't want workers' rights. They are right of rightwingers.

[Scrivener7]

27. One of the worst. They're also thieves of ancient artifacts in the service of their "Christianity."

[Lifeafter70]

32. I find that Sunday is the only day to shop at hobby lobby

All stores are closed on Sunday

[iemanja]

36. Yes, they brought the lawsuit that enabled employers to refuse to pay for birth control for employees

Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby:

In the devastating Burwell v. Hobby Lobby ruling, on June 30, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed certain bosses to block their employees’ access to birth control. The decision on this Supreme Court birth control case applied to more than half of all U.S. workers — that’s the tens of millions of workers at companies in which five or fewer people own more than 50%.

Two privately owned companies brought the case: cabinet manufacturer Conestoga Wood Specialties, and the Hobby Lobby national chain of craft stores, which employs 28,000.

https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/birth-control/burwell-v-hobby-lobby

Also (from Google AI):

EEOC v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
The EEOC filed a lawsuit against Hobby Lobby for disability discrimination.
The lawsuit alleged that Hobby Lobby fired a cashier who used a service dog to assist with her anxiety, depression, and PTSD.
Hobby Lobby settled the lawsuit for $50,000.

Hobby Lobby and the importation of ancient artifacts
Hobby Lobby was involved in a case where the government accused the company of importing ancient Iraqi artifacts without the required customs documentation.
Hobby Lobby agreed to forfeit the artifacts and take steps to remedy its unlawful conduct.

[maxrandb]

37. Is the Pope Catholic?

[Kid Berwyn]

39. A Brief Timeline of Hobby Lobby's Many Controversies

One example:

In 2011, Hobby Lobby lobbied to push the founders of Feed the Children, a non-profit organization in Oklahoma, out of their own charity. Co-founders Larry and Frances Jones said that the company staged a “hostile takeover” of the organization. The Joneses sued Hobby Lobby for its actions, but the lawsuit was later dropped. Still, who would try to take over a charity?

Source (with links): https://www.themarysue.com/the-hobby-lobby-controversy-explained/

[Du916]

44. Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014)

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/sebelius-v-hobby-lobby-stores-inc/

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/573/682/