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Closely held corporations have Religion, my friend. (Original Post) MohRokTah Jun 2014 OP
Well, it's time to start listing the religion of companies, and shopping accordingly. Coventina Jun 2014 #1
Indeed - let the backlash begin hatrack Jun 2014 #3
"Halal butchers have a limited clientele" antiquie Jun 2014 #8
True, non-Muslims do shop at halal businesses, but they do tend to be small, Coventina Jun 2014 #9
highly divide opinion rurallib Jun 2014 #2
Un-fucking-believable. MANative Jun 2014 #4
sounds like the Ginsburg dissent must be a ripper rurallib Jun 2014 #5
Hopefully she will dissent from the bench. eom MohRokTah Jun 2014 #6
Yep... the American theocracy just got a big boost theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #7
BTW, for all who read this, over 90% of corporations are closely held. eom MohRokTah Jun 2014 #10
Really? CaptainTruth Jun 2014 #11

Coventina

(26,874 posts)
1. Well, it's time to start listing the religion of companies, and shopping accordingly.
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 10:21 AM
Jun 2014

If they want to cater only to the people of their own religious faith, then so be it.

Halal butchers have a limited clientele, so now does Hobby Lobby.

Spread the Word....

(get it? see what I did there?)

Coventina

(26,874 posts)
9. True, non-Muslims do shop at halal businesses, but they do tend to be small,
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 10:33 AM
Jun 2014

neighborhood operations serving their local community of Muslims.

Same with kosher butchers.

(Hebrew National excepted, of course)

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
2. highly divide opinion
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 10:23 AM
Jun 2014

btw

"It is extremely likely that the Obama administration will by regulation provide for the government to pay for the coverage. So it is unlikely that there will be a substantial gap in coverage."
by tgoldstein 9:22 AM
Comment - See more at: http://live.scotusblog.com/Event/Live_blog_of_opinions__June_30_2014#sthash.KcHyIRuk.dpuf

MANative

(4,105 posts)
4. Un-fucking-believable.
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 10:24 AM
Jun 2014

In other words, YOUR religion trumps MY religion if you have shitloads of money. Religion is not welcome in my life.

CaptainTruth

(6,546 posts)
11. Really?
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 02:33 PM
Jun 2014

I'm surprised it's such a high percentage, I guess it's a lot of small businesses?

Is there a source for the data, like SEC?

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