we don t really pay attention to this, the problem is, that not only will bosses be in the bedrooms, bosses will also be withholding perhaps other health care. maybe they ll withhold constra sepgs and blood transfusions and that kind of thing. right. just one clarification because i am catholic. catholic is against all constra sepgs, period, nothing. but most catholics do take contraceptives. there you have that. yes, they do. jonathan, can a company be christian? let me say, i m pro-contraception. those that do not cause abortions. i m pro life. i m evangelical. i never opposed hobby lobby s case before the supreme court. i m a little bit torn on that issue. but i think the reverend actually brings up a very important point. what s interesting is, is that the evangelicals who claim that hobby lobby is a christian business, also say that the bible should be their supreme
bulldog: that s it! radio announcer: now on sale for just $597. bulldog: that s a ringer of a deal! radio announcer: mattress discounters 4th of july sale ends soon. we ve already seen two big decisions froms u.s. supreme court come down today, but this is the ruling that everyone is waiting for. will hobby lobby, a christian owned company, be forced to provide emergency contraception as part of its health insurance plan. the u.s. supreme court expected to hand down that decision soon. hobby lobby covers birth control for it employees, but the issue is in obama care for it to cover emergency contraception as well. hobby lobby objects to four drugs, morning after pill, plan b, ella and two forms of iuds.
guide for life and practice the way that they talk and the way that they live. if you read the new testament you will find that the phrase christian is never applied to a business, to an organization, or to a government. so the phrase is nonsensical from a biblical perspective. it is only applied to individuals in all of the scripture. i think additionally, you have a really weird question you have to ask then, exactly what makes a christian business christian? is it that they have a christian ceo? okay. in that case fedex is a christian business. is it that they do christian things? so they re closed on sundays or they oppose abortion. they do something that you consider to be christian. well that sort of has this quasi corporate feel of work s righteousness, you earn your way into christianity. and so i think it s sort of a weird theological thing but the reason for this is, is that many evangelical christians, particularly on the conservative
christian business when it does business with china. after mentioning the minimum wage in shanghai is less than $10 a day you say, quote, the bible is replete for calls with economic justice. can you call yourself a christian business when you leverage your profits to support an economic system that blatantly perpetuates injustice. expound. not everybody found this article interesting and even fewer people i think from the right particularly enjoyed this article or agreed with this article and the reason was hobby lobby has become sacro sancts among conservatives. it s an organization that cannot be challenged but i raise questions about their dealings in china. you have an organization who says they cannot be forced to invest their money in a system that might provide for abortions, but they re spending tens of millions of dollars every year in china who has a one child policy, there are over
points out so well, women in china commit suicide at high rates, girls bodies in china don t matter so there s a really important question in there to be raised. but i think perhaps even more important is the way that we re talking about hobby lobby as though they are a christian person. you said it earlier, this is a this is a company that is he owned by a christian person and certain kind of christian person, evangelical white protestant christian person and research shows all across christian dome, minority, prot tant, even catholics, the majority of the folk christian believe that women have a right to have constra sentives offered to them by their health care provider. it is only evangelical white protestant who disagree with that, only at 40%. so i think we need to stop talking about these companies as people. they are not people, they are owned by people who might be muslim, christian or jew, and if