No cost to implementing Obamacare? Ask Hobby Lobby.

So, no cause and effect relationship for people of faith with Obamacare?

Think again.

Last month, U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton rejected Hobby Lobby's request for a preliminary injunction to stop the government from enforcing the law. The judge ruled that Hobby Lobby is not a religious organization and should be subject to the mandate, taking effect Jan. 1. Read more here.

Hobby Lobby's situation appears to be at the tip of the arrowhead for other businesses whose owners refuse to allow the government to infringe on the their faith.

 

Hobby Lobby would rather shut down than support abortion. Amazing courage.

Here's the letter from the CEO of Hobby Lobby:

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 healthcare 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.

Comments

[Stuart Davis]

A great example of stick your head in the sand approach to decision making. "The Government cannot force you to follow laws that go against your fundamental religious belief(s)" Really? And what planet does this occur on? So we are going to run a company according to God's Laws? So that means I can sell my daughter into slavery? I can kill my next door neighbor for working on the sabbath? I can condone the destruction of an individual that eats shrimp? I can throw a bald guy out of the camp because he has no hair? A deformed person can't be a priest? Those are all of God's laws Dennis, but I don't see many alters at Hobby Lobby ready to sacrifice the likes of Nadab and Abihu for showing up in shorts.

[Dennis Mansfield]

Thanks for showing that this story IS shown in the media and for acknowledging that media like CNN is indeed liberal... did you catch her gasps and her deliberate, non-biased reactions to his comments?

[Bubblehead]

"Since you will not see this covered in the liberal media..." : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=989dxDSok0k