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bif

(27,017 posts) Thu Jan 23, 2025, 12:34 PM Jan 2025

Is Hobby Lobby owned by a right winger? [View all]

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?

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Is Hobby Lobby owned by a right winger? [View all] bif Jan 2025 OP

100% EarthFirst Jan 2025 #1

I do remember snowybirdie Jan 2025 #2

The family that paid for the Museum of the Bible and bought false Dead Sea Scroll artifacts tanyev Jan 2025 #3

Yes, very much. Ocelot II Jan 2025 #4

Slobby Knobby is about to find out EYESORE 9001 Jan 2025 #5

Yup sakabatou Jan 2025 #6

Absolutely! boonecreek Jan 2025 #7

That's enough for me too. piddyprints Jan 2025 #29

Another place I won't set foot in boonecreek Jan 2025 #31

Your Culvers must be better than the one we have here Redleg Jan 2025 #34

Yep. piddyprints Jan 2025 #45

It also is anti gay and a christofascist company kimbutgar Jan 2025 #8

The owner sued BigMin28 Jan 2025 #9

Yes. TexasTowelie Jan 2025 #10

Right-winger AND looted antiquities smuggler.. GoCubsGo Jan 2025 #11

Really, really bad ones. themaguffin Jan 2025 #12

Yup, they got caught smuggling artifacts from Iraq and Iran to build their stupid Bible Museum in DC. Initech Jan 2025 #13

They refuse to carry Hanukkah merchandise Danmel Jan 2025 #14

Wow, I didn't know about this part of their... 3catwoman3 Jan 2025 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Danmel Jan 2025 #20

I did not know that. whopis01 Jan 2025 #30

I didn't know that since I never set foot in one dsc Jan 2025 #35

Last Rebl2 Jan 2025 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2025 #16

Went back Rebl2 Jan 2025 #19

By a Christofascist nazi sympathizer. Basso8vb Jan 2025 #17

Hobby Lobby is owned by the Green family and is dobleremolque Jan 2025 #21

Thanks for the info bif Jan 2025 #22

Yes. Look for another place LeftInTX Jan 2025 #33

"Better than Michael's" goes without saying jmowreader Jan 2025 #38

Just checked google maps and there is Tandy Leather not too far from me. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #41

I'm suggesting Blick bif Jan 2025 #42

We don't have them here. Looks like it's well stocked! LeftInTX Jan 2025 #43

Yes. It's super religious, anti-abortion. I opt not to shop there. allegorical oracle Jan 2025 #23

I would say claims to be super religious.... doesn't really follow any of the tenets of the one they say espouse. JT45242 Jan 2025 #28

Oh for sure. Only time I went to one of those stores (a friend dragged me there), I really didn't allegorical oracle Jan 2025 #40

Yes, this company is owned by some RWNJs and should be boycotted LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #24

They do cover contraception, just not after the egg is fertilized Beringia Jan 2025 #25

Anti-Abortion, want Christian garb in public places, Bluethroughu Jan 2025 #26

One of the worst. They're also thieves of ancient artifacts in the service of their "Christianity." Scrivener7 Jan 2025 #27

I find that Sunday is the only day to shop at hobby lobby Lifeafter70 Jan 2025 #32

Yes, they brought the lawsuit that enabled employers to refuse to pay for birth control for employees iemanja Jan 2025 #36

Is the Pope Catholic? maxrandb Jan 2025 #37

A Brief Timeline of Hobby Lobby's Many Controversies Kid Berwyn Jan 2025 #39

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014) Du916 Jan 2025 #44