More Hobby Lobby Religious Hypocracy

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Hobby Lobby's Hypocrisy: The Company's Retirement Plan Invests in Contraception Manufacturers | Mother Jones.

In yet another example of Hobby Lobby's Religious Hypocracy, documents filed with the U.S. Department of Labor in December 2012 show that the "Family Values/I]" Company has over $73,000,000.00 dollars invested companies that manufacture Emergency Contraceptive Pills, Intrauterine Devices (I.U.D.) and drugs commonly used in abortions.

The investments are part of the Hobby Lobby 401(k) Plan.

Hobby Lobby also sells merchandise manufactured in the People's Republic of (Communist) China made by Slave Labor. China strictly enforces it's One Child Policy with forced abortions.

Hobby Lobby claims that it supports the "Right To Life" but has not problem with China's One Child policy or the forced abortions that are the result of that policy.

 

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CEO admits possibility of possession of some illicit artifacts...

Experts Believe Hobby Lobby Stole Biblical Antiquities From Iraq. Here’s Why.
Nov. 4, 2015 - The proudly Christian proprietors of the craft store chain Hobby Lobby have been under federal investigation for the past four years for illicit importation of religious artifacts and cultural antiquities from Iraq for their soon-to-open Museum of the Bible, according to a recent report by the Daily Beast. “Is it possible that we have some illicit [artifacts]? That’s possible,” Steve Green, the CEO of the craft company, told the authors of the report.

While Green admitted that some of its ancient holdings might have been sourced illegally or sold in defiance of international standards on antiquities sales. Experts consulted by ThinkProgress said that that the Green family likely turned a blind eye towards these provisions in order to amass its holdings. “If you’re spending millions of dollars on antiquities, you should be able to afford to have very professional investigations to establish the legality of the entire collection and if you don’t, that suggests recklessness [or] negligence at the very least,” Sam Hardy, an archeologist based at the University College of London, said in a phone interview.

This photo by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the general view of the ancient Roman city of Palmyra, northeast of Damascus, Syria.​

Hardy runs the website Conflict Antiquities which has helped identify antiquities looted from Iraq and Syria. Without knowing the details of the investigation, Hardy said that it’s become relatively easy for interested dealers or collectors to source illicit archeological material from Iraq and Syria. He said, “The thing that surprises many people is that there aren’t many steps” between when an antiquity is illegally mined and when it is sold in a legitimate marketplace like an auction houses or international dealers. “People have told me that stuff was being flown out [of Iraq and Syria] on private planes,” Hardy said. “And that’s basically going straight from [its origin] site or near to the site to an international dealer or collector. Other material is being smuggled out by Western buyers who have smuggled into the territory themselves.”

Recovered antiquities are displayed at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Nearly 500 artifacts recovered by U.S. Army commandos during a recent raid in Syria targeting the Islamic State group were displayed at the Baghdad National Museum Wednesday after being returned to Iraq.​

The illicit trade in stolen artifacts is believed to have swelled into a nearly $2 billion business since a civil war broke out in Syria four years ago. At least one-third of Syrian museums and 16 of its major archeological sites have been pillaged. Some have argued that the situation in Iraq where conflict has been ongoing since 2003. The investigation into the Green family began when hundreds of clay tablets they imported from Israel were seized by U.S. Customs agents in 2011. The family has imported 40,000 or so artifacts for its Museum of the Bible, which is due to open in Washington, DC in 2017. Cary Summers, president of the Museum, suggested the investigation was triggered by a seemingly innocent mistake.

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