Posted on 12/05/2012 8:37:54 AM PST by listenhillary
May God continue to bless Mr. Green and his family during these troubling and trying times.
Get the original letter. This isn’t the original. The last couple of paragraphs, for example, are written by some pimple-faced teenage boy trying to see his work go viral.
Daniel refuses to bow.
And should the court decide that our Religious Freedom is not worth protecting and is not guaranteed under the First Amendment like it says, then we will immediately CLOSE OUR BUSINESS AND LIQUIDATE EVERYTHING, We don’t need the money.
1. Post-menopausal female, does not require contraceptives, but thermostat needs to manned at all times.
2. Only grumpy on days ending in "y". ;)
“We don’t like to go running into court”
Sir, you are not running into court. You are with deliberation and with right on your side walking calmly into court. And may God Almighty bless your cause.
Glad to see them stand up to the O-Hole and for America
Theo, can you find a link to the original letter?
Many thanks
I was working on that. If you have a link, it would be appreciated. Post the real letter in this thread.
Me trying to multitask is no excuse, but I’m going to use it anyway.
We shop there now.
We will shop there in the future.
As for any stores which have given funds to Obama, or support any of the latest liberal piles of excrement, fogeddabowdit!
I do have a problem with this statement:
The government cannot force you to follow laws that go against your fundamental religious belief.
I can see it now.
Your honor, I killed my daughter because she was dating an infidel. I was only following my religious beliefs. My family's honor was at risk.
bfl
In reference to your last sentence in post 12: AMEN!
As far as I know, there's only one major 'religion' in the world that 'preaches' that. There is no other set of religious principles anywhere that I know of that advocates murder (and please don't make reference to the Old Testament of the Bible to argue with me, okay?).
There are universal norms of behavior that most of our original laws were founded upon.
My name is David Green, and I am the founder and CEO of Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. In case you are not familiar with our company, we are a national arts and crafts retailer with more than 500 stores in 41 states. We are headquartered in Oklahoma and employ more than 22,500 individuals nationwide.
I started Hobby Lobby as a miniature picture frame company, called Greco Products, in 1970. My family and I made miniature picture frames and sold them to various retailers. Because there was a high demand for this product at the time, we were able to take out a loan of $600 from the bank to open our first retail store, which consisted of 300 square feet of manufacturing space in the back, and 300 square feet of retail space in the front. That store became the first ever Hobby Lobby.
My family has been an integral part of this business since day one, and remains an important part of it today. My son, Steve Green, is president of Hobby Lobby. My son, Mart Green, is president of Mardel, which is a Christian bookstore that is an affiliated business with Hobby Lobby. My daughter Darsee Lett is a vice president of Hobby Lobby. Several of my grandchildren also work in our business.
Another integral part of Hobby Lobby from day one has been our faith. My parents were both pastors, and all of my siblings are involved in ministry. I felt like somewhat of an outsider going into retail, but Ive found a way to minister through Hobby Lobby. We have always operated our company in a manner consistent with Biblical principles, including integrity and service to others. We believe wholeheartedly that it is by Gods grace and provision that Hobby Lobby has been successful. Therefore, we seek to honor him in all that we do.
As part of that faith, we care greatly for our employees and their families. Thats why, unlike most major retailers, we are only open 66 hours per week and are closed on Sundays to allow our employees to spend time with their families. For the past four years in a row, we have increased the minimum wage for our full-time employees, and its now 80 percent above the national minimum wage.
We also believe in sharing our faith, which is why we purchase full-page ads at Christmas and Easter in newspapers in all the major cities where we operate. We also contribute both time and funds to numerous Christian organizations across the nation and the world. Hobby Lobby has always been a tool for the Lords work. For me and my family, charity equals ministry, which equals the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We know that we have been blessed by Gods grace, and we believe it is because we have chosen to live our lives and to operate our business according to His word, and we are very grateful for that.
But now our faith is being challenged by the federal government. The Health and Human Services preventative services mandate forces businesses to provide the morning-after and the week-after pills in our health insurance plans. These abortion-causing drugs go against our faith, and our family is now being forced to choose between following the laws of the land that we love or maintaining the religious beliefs that have made our business successful and have supported our family and thousands of our employees and their families. We simply cannot abandon our religious beliefs to comply with this mandate.
It has aleld in been used and upheld in court. Some where in Arizona I believe. A Muslim ran over his daughter and claimed it was an honor killing so she didn’t bring shame to the family.
Totally agree...but those you mention are among us, and they have their own laws that they obey while ignoring ours.
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