Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.,
the privately held arts and crafts retail chain, on Wednesday filed a
lawsuit against the Obama administration for its controversial HHS
mandate requiring that all employers provide birth control coverage to
their employees.
“By being required to make a choice between sacrificing our faith or
paying millions of dollars in fines, we essentially must choose which
poison pill to swallow,” said CEO and founder David Green. “We simply cannot abandon our religious beliefs to comply with this mandate.”
How much did Green say his company would have to pay in fines?
“David Green … says he’ll have to pay as much as $1.3 million in daily fines
if he doesn’t pay for types of contraception he and other evangelicals
morally oppose, including the so-called ‘morning after’ pill [emphasis
added],” the Washington Times reports.
What’s notable about Mr. Green’s decision is that not only is Hobby
Lobby now the largest company to sue the Obama administration’s over its
HHS mandate, but it’s also the first non-Catholic-owned business to do
so.
And Mr. Green certainly runs a Christian-style business.
Hobby Lobby stores are never open on Sunday and the chain’s website
attributes its continued success to its practice of “honoring the Lord
in a manner consistent with biblical principles.”
“Washington politicians cannot force families to abandon their faith just to earn a living,” said Lori Windham, Senior Counsel, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
“Every American, including family business owners like the Greens,
should be free to live and do business according to their religious
beliefs.”
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