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riqster

(13,986 posts) Tue Mar 25, 2014, 11:28 AM Mar 2014

Shop at Hobby Lobby IF you hate women and the Constitution, and love your Boss’s religion

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/shop-at-hobby-lobby-if-you-hate-women-and-the-constitution-and-want-your-bosss-religion-crammed-down-your-throat/

"That is pretty much what Hobby Lobby is saying. They are demanding the right to discriminate against those American women who happen to work for them; to dictate the religion of all their employees; and to dump certain of their business expenses onto we the taxpayers.

For those readers who have not followed the case: before ObamaCare, it was easier to get insurance coverage for Viagra than for birth control. This was so obviously, stupidly unfair that the ACA said “stop that discriminatory s***”. So far, so Constitutional, you would say, and you would be right.

But the Fundagelical He-Man Woman-Haters club at Hobby Lobby got all hairy hosed off at having their “right” to f*** over the womenfolk amongst them taken away, so they claimed a ridiculous “Religious” case against the ACA and that “despicable Kenyan” Prexy who stole it from the Romneybots. That idiotic claim is up before the Supremes this week.

And the bad thing is, the Roberts court is as likely to rule on the basis of partisanship as they are the Constitution. So this bit of illegal bulls*** might be made legal by those right-wing robed barbarians. If that happens, we the people will have to render justice.

And we can do so without breaking a single law: we just stop shopping at Hobby Lobby or any other business they are involved in. Run them into the ground and on to bankruptcy.

Because if these misogynistic motherf***ers have no business, they’ll have no employees to discriminate against."

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Shop at Hobby Lobby IF you hate women and the Constitution, and love your Boss’s religion (Original Post) riqster Mar 2014 OP

Isn't this case due to be heard before the SC today? Cirque du So-What Mar 2014 #1

I believe so. riqster Mar 2014 #5

i stopped years ago. going out of their store, a sigh saying closed on sunday, because seabeyond Mar 2014 #2

Don't buy any product made safeinOhio Mar 2014 #3

That seems not to bother them. riqster Mar 2014 #6

It'd bother the hell out of them safeinOhio Mar 2014 #7

I meant the made-in-china aspect. Why do the Fundies not mind that? riqster Mar 2014 #12

I haven't shopped at HL in months. I knew they closed on Sunday due to their religious beliefs, Arkansas Granny Mar 2014 #4

This opens the legal door to a Pandora's Box HockeyMom Mar 2014 #8

If the SCOTUS rules for Hobby Lobby jeff47 Mar 2014 #11

Never been there. Haven't been to a Chick-fil-A in ten years. onehandle Mar 2014 #9

confused........ burfman Mar 2014 #10

Cirque du So-What

(25,965 posts)

1. Isn't this case due to be heard before the SC today?

Reply to riqster (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 11:38 AM

Mar 2014

I may be wrong, but I thought it was today. Given the current make-up of the SC, I'm not optimistic that justice will prevail.

riqster

(13,986 posts)

5. I believe so.

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 11:43 AM

Mar 2014

Nor am I sanguine.

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

2. i stopped years ago. going out of their store, a sigh saying closed on sunday, because

Reply to riqster (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 11:39 AM

Mar 2014

they are a christian family run company. the sign was so arrogant. it hit me. i do not care if it is christian oriented or they are closed on sunday. it was the way the sign read. called the local company, told them i would not be back in, with all the hate filled christianity we have in our area now a days. this was the height of christian coalition back around 2004.

safeinOhio

(32,713 posts)

3. Don't buy any product made

Reply to riqster (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 11:39 AM

Mar 2014

in a country that has forced abortions.

That would put them out of business today.

riqster

(13,986 posts)

6. That seems not to bother them.

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 11:44 AM

Mar 2014

Not sure how they reconcile that.

safeinOhio

(32,713 posts)

7. It'd bother the hell out of them

Reply to riqster (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 11:48 AM

Mar 2014

if folks did it.

riqster

(13,986 posts)

12. I meant the made-in-china aspect. Why do the Fundies not mind that?

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 05:11 PM

Mar 2014

Arkansas Granny

(31,525 posts)

4. I haven't shopped at HL in months. I knew they closed on Sunday due to their religious beliefs,

Reply to riqster (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 11:41 AM

Mar 2014

but many business are closed for one day a week and that didn't really affect me one way or another. However, when they try to control the decisions their employees make about their own lives, they have gone too far. I will buy my craft supplies online before I give them any of my business.

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)

8. This opens the legal door to a Pandora's Box

Reply to riqster (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 11:50 AM

Mar 2014

Nancy Pelosi commented on this. If an employer, based on his (corporation) religion, can refuse to pay for an employee's birth control, can a JW employer refuse to pay for employees blood tranfusions which goes against their religion? It could also open the door to businesses refusing to serve anyone (like gays) based on their religion.

If they rule in favor of Hobby Lobby, it opens the door to whole lot of other religious issues.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)

11. If the SCOTUS rules for Hobby Lobby

Reply to HockeyMom (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 01:18 PM

Mar 2014

I'm going to start a new religion that forbids paying of taxes.

Corporations and wealthy individuals can join by paying a tithe.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

9. Never been there. Haven't been to a Chick-fil-A in ten years.

Reply to riqster (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 12:00 PM

Mar 2014

Jesus, who these people know nothing about, would not look kindly on their pious bullshit.

burfman

(264 posts)

10. confused........

Reply to riqster (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 12:03 PM

Mar 2014

I'm confused not being a lawyer and all - how "Hobby Lobby" can make a claim that they shouldn't be forced to pay for birth control because of their religious beliefs - when I don't think anybody is permitted to not pay a percentage of their taxes because they don't believe in war for example......

Why mess with "Hobby Lobby" - just go to Amazon and get the same stuff without encountering the B.S.

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