Hobby Lobby employees allegedly set up a display urging customers to 'Vote Trump,' and shoppers are calling for another boycott
This new boycott is just the latest in a smattering of outcries against the company in the past decade.
In 2012, the company faced widespread scrutiny for denying access to contraceptives reproductive health care to employees.subsequently ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby's right to withhold reproductive benefits, determining private companies are allowed to be exempt from the law on the basis of religious preferences.
Hobby Lobby has also been the subject of boycotts in response to anti-Semitic and homophobic comments made its openly conservative Christian CEO and founder, David Green. In 2013, the company did not carry products for Jewish holidays because it "doesn't cater to your people," a statement he later publicly apologized for in a formal statement to the Anti-Defamation League.to the National Christian Foundation, an organization that promotes anti-LGBTQ efforts.
Hobby Lobby drew additional ire in 2020 when it illegally reopened stores in states with stay-at-home mandates calling for the closure of non-essential businesses to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Green allegedly told employees in March the decision to keep Hobby Lobby stores open was informed by a, after several spoke out that they feared for their lives by being forced to continue working.Get a personalized selection of top stories daily based on your preferences. Sign up now.
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