Heeeyyy Hobby Lobby

In a recent ruling, SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, ruled in a 5-4 decision that certain companies with religious objections can opt out of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, mandate which demands they provide free contraceptives to their employees. This lawsuit happened because Hobby Lobby states that providing contraceptives violates their religious beliefs. Other actions, including refusing to sell beer and shot glasses in their stores as to refuse to promote alcohol consumption, seem to back up their claim. Well and good. 

Even better is Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's writing for the majority, stressing that this ruling affected companies where "most of the stock is owned by five or fewer people". This ruling is also focused primarily on contraceptives, and other standard practices, including stopping discrimination against gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender people on religious grounds or stop other medical practices which is against religious doctrine, is verboten. Good for him. Even a special snowflake can make a right ruling every once in a while. 

(I should also stress that this ruling affects: 

• Plan B Morning After Pills
• Ella Morning After Pills
• Hormonal and Copper Intrauterine Devices (IUD)

but does not affect

• Condoms
• Sponges
• Sterilization.)

However, there is a major issue. Hobby Lobby, like most companies, has a company sponsored 401k where Employees invest in stocks and the company matches their investments. Documents filed with the Department of Labor dated 12/2012 show that the Hobby Lobby 401(k) employee retirement plan held more than $73 million in mutual funds with investments in companies that produce emergency contraceptive pills, intrauterine devices, and drugs commonly used in abortions. Hobby Lobby makes large matching contributions to this company-sponsored 401(k).

What are some of these companies? 

Teva Pharmaceutical - which makes a Plan B drug and ParaGuard, a copper IUD.

Bayer - which makes the hormonal IUDs Skyla and Mirena.

Forest Laboratories - which makes Cervidil, a drug to induce abortions.

Also of note is that they invest in Aetna and Humana, two companies that cover surgical abortions, abortion drugs and emergency contraceptives (read: Plan B 'morning after' pills) in their policies. 

Hobby Lobby claims interfering with an already fertilized egg is tantamount to abortion—an act unacceptable to the family and one they refuse to participate in no matter what the Affordable Care Act may require. Yet they do not mind profiting from companies which produce drugs and medical products that interfere with an already fertilized egg or prevents fertilization.

Hypocritical, maybe? 

Seems that the Green Family, those that own Hobby Lobby, needs to remember what the Bible states about hypocrisy.

Matthew 6:24 "“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money." 

Matthew 9:13 "Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice" (For those whom already have to decide to do this, the internal struggle the mother is going through. Why claim 'purity' before Christ and refuse to show mercy to a mother going through her own internal struggles?) 

Finally, since the Green family states that Hobby Lobby is a Christian company or a company founded on Christian beliefs: 

James 2:14 "What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?"