Subject: Fw: Hobby Lobby (may want to pass this on)
Hobby Lobby has filed a lawsuit against Obama in Federal
Court.
A Letter from Hobby Lobby Stores CEO
By David Green, the founder and CEO of Hobby Lobby Stores,
Inc.
When my family and I started our company 40 years ago, we
were working
out of a garage on a $600 bank loan, assembling miniature picture frames. Our
first retail
store wasn't much bigger than most people's living rooms, but we had faith that
we would
succeed if we lived and worked according to God's word. From there,Hobby Lobby
has become
one of the nation's largest arts and crafts retailers, with more than 500
locations in 41
states. Our children grew up into fine business leaders, and today we run Hobby
Lobby
together, as a family.
We're Christians, and we run our business on Christian
principles. I've
always said that the first two goals of our business are (1) to run our
business in harmony
with God's laws, and (2) to focus on people more than money. And that's what
we've tried to
do. We close early so our employees can see their families at night. We keep
our stores
closed on Sundays, one of the week's biggest shopping days, so that our workers
and their
families can enjoy a day of rest. We believe that it is by God's grace that
Hobby Lobby has
endured, and he has blessed us and our employees. We've not only added jobs in
a weak
economy, we've raised wages for the past four years in a row. Our full-time
employees start
at 80% above minimum wage.
But now, our government threatens to change all of that. A
new
government health care mandate says that our family business MUST provide what
I believe are
abortion-causing drugs as part of our health insurance. Being Christians, we
don't pay for
drugs that might cause abortions, which means that we don't cover emergency
contraception,
the morning-after pill or the week-after pill. We believe doing so might end a
life after
the moment of conception, something that is contrary to our most important
beliefs. It goes
against the Biblical principles on which we have run this company since day
one. If we
refuse to comply, we could face $1.3 million PER DAY in government fines.
Our government threatens to fine job creators in a bad
economy. Our
government threatens to fine a company that's raised wages four years running.
Our
government threatens to fine a family for running its business according to its
beliefs.
It's not right. I know people will say we ought to follow the rules; that it's
the same for
everybody. But that's not true. The government has exempted thousands of
companies from this
mandate, for reasons of convenience or cost. But it won't exempt them for
reasons of
religious belief.
So, Hobby Lobby � and my family � are forced to make a
choice. With
great reluctance, we filed a lawsuit today, represented by the Becket Fund for
Religious
Liberty, asking a federal court to stop this mandate before it hurts our
business. We don't
like to go running into court, but we no longer have a choice. We believe
people are more
important than the bottom line and that honoring God is more important than
turning a
profit.
My family has lived the American dream. We want to continue
growing our
company and providing great jobs for thousands of employees, but the government
is going to
make that much more difficult. The government is forcing us to choose between
following our
faith and following the law. I say that's a choice no American � and no
American business
� should have to make.
The government cannot force you to follow laws that go
against your
fundamental religious belief. They have exempted thousands of companies but
will not except
Christian organizations including the Catholic church.
Since you will not see this covered in any of the liberal
media, pass
this on to all your contacts.
Sincerely,
David Green, CEO and Founder of Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
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