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In reply to the discussion: Hobby Lobby ahole threatens to close all stores [View all]dballance
(5,756 posts)food, clothing, boarding, and an education for the kids he thinks need to be born in contravention of his employee's individual will and religious beliefs he can have a leg upon which to stand. Until then he really has no true stake in the game of his employees personal lives.
HL is a retail outlet. I bet that good Christian company barely provides health benefits at all. I'd be shocked if they don't have mostly part-time and temp workers who don't even qualify for health care.
On Edit: If he's a successful business person and decides to actually sell his chain due to this he's not a smart business man. Personally, I think it's just bluster to stoke the masses and get the free PR. The irony is he doesn't think the government should interfere in his business but he's free to interfere in other private persons lives.