Hobby Lobby is sickening

The Evangelical craft store doesn’t look so “blessed”

David Green, the Evangelical billionaire owner of Hobby Lobby, on March 19th tells employees the craft store chain will stay open when many “non-essential” business are closing. In a bizarre memo, he lingers on the theme of his company being “blessed” by God, and mentions that his wife had a vision assuring everything would be all right.

“My and Barbara’s confidence, and comfort, comes in large part from knowing that you are part of our Hobby Lobby family,” he writes.

On March 27th, all hourly employees were fired. “We hope this layoff will be temporary, but we cannot predict how COVID-19 will affect Company operations,” the impersonal memo states. “We encourage you to file for state unemployment benefits. We appreciate your service to the Company.”

Signed: “Yours in Christ, etc.”

On March 28th, the company’s executives told store managers to try and stay open by arguing with local officials they were an ‘essential’ service. A new memo reads: “The reasons could be: because we sell educational materials, because we sell products for home based businesses, or because we sell materials to make PPE (personal protective equipment.)”