#hobby lobby

At the end of my post on places to go when Joann finally closes its not so hallowed doors I mentioned "don't go to Hobby Lobby" and it has evoked some questions.

Hobby Lobby is a craft store beloved by many, with a cult like following. I have personally had a member of my extended family call me to tell me that they hoped my house was looted by protestors when I made a joke about Hobby Lobby on facebook (this was May 2020 so you can guess why they didn't like the protestors).

Hobby Lobby was founded by Steve Green and it has a long and sordid history.

Beyond the Bastards did a whole episode on Mr. Green and his Christian supremacy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeYaQQZTBPs&pp=ygUOI2J0Yl9rbm93bGVkZ2U%3D

The Mary Sue also has a write up of all the goods. https://www.themarysue.com/the-hobby-lobby-controversy-explained/

In 2009 Hobby Lobby and the Green's got caught smuggling antiquities to stock The Museum of the Bible

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/28/623537440/hobby-lobbys-illegal-antiquities-shed-light-on-a-lost-looted-ancient-city-in-ira

and in 2014 we have Burwell v. Hobby Lobby - which is when Hobby Lobby sued the government over providing birth control to employees. Setting a precedent that companies can have religious convictions.

https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/birth-control/burwell-v-hobby-lobby

Which. Fair. I was explaining how easy it is to steal from Hobby Lobby.

They don’t have door sensors or barcodes, and I believe their overall security camera coverage is fake or shit. 

You see, when barcodes were invented, evangelicals were convinced it was the sign of the devil (or government tracking; hard to tell). The point is, Hobby Lobby doesn’t have bar codes to this day because the devil could jump in your belly button.

And if you don’t have barcodes, you CAN’T have door sensors because the devil could jump right up a vagina, and you could get impregnated with the antichrist, and Hobby Lobby would have to make a very difficult choice about their anti-contraception views. 

Oh, and they knowingly stole a fuckton of ancient artifacts, and the money they paid for those (not all stealing is just taking; sometimes money changes hands) funded fucking ISIS.