Hobby Lobby has the Xians pissed off, that makes me happy. HL suck$. I haven't shopped there in years, and I used to spend the bucks in their fabric department.

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In case you haven’t been following along, Hobby Lobby is absolute trash. They’ve been trash for a while, but their latest antics should have every American calling out their undemocratic, hateful b.s. once and for all. I don’t care how much you love to decoupage or how plentiful their supply of scrapbooking tidbits, no glue gun or knitting yarn is worth selling your soul to this devil.

Michael’s and Jo-Ann Fabrics are just down the road — and word has it, they take the Lobby’s coupons too.

To catch you up…on July 4, Hobby Lobby ran a full-page ad in newspapers titled “One Nation Under God” in which it advocated for a Christian-run government. The ad included quotes from the Founding Fathers and the Bible to support its promotion of tossing out that little thing in the Bill of Rights known as “separation of church and state,” and instead invoking a Christian government. According to Newsweek, Freedom From Religion Foundation says that the company had altered the quotes without providing the full context. The company’s name appeared in the bottom right corner of the ad, and it was also shared by the company’s official social media accounts.

So here’s the deal, folks: grab your knitting needles and glue guns, because we’re flipping some sewing tables. Do not — I repeat, DO NOT — give one more penny to this repulsive company.

This is exactly the kind of Christian-centric bullshit that gives all religion and people of faith a bad name. And it makes my blood boil with a hellfire rage.

I consider myself a person of faith. I am active in my church. But I am not Christian. And after reading this ad, I am horrified and scared. I’m sad too. I understand why people despise organized religion. I believe that religion – when done right — can be a source of healing, strength, and community for many people (though, of course, not all people and that’s fine). But behavior like this is exactly why people are leaving religion in droves. This hypocrisy is why people distrust religion.

I also have long believed that Christianity should be separated into those who are “Christian” and those who are “followers of Jesus” — because they are not the same at all. Exhibit A: this toxic ad promoting a brand of Christianity that would make Jesus weep.

Since Hobby Lobby filled its ad with religious quotes, let me remind folks of a few other quotes from the Bible, words attributed to Jesus himself:

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.” — Jesus (Matthew 7:15)

“Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven.” — Jesus (Matthew 6:1)

“And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen.” – Jesus (Matthew 6:5)

So don’t take it from me, take it from Jesus himself. He would not have been here for this sacrilegious garbage that the Lobby spews forth.

This ad isn’t just hypocritical sacrilege to all people of faith, it’s also a slap in the face to Americans who value the freedoms that our country loves to tout. Look, America has a messed up history built by a white supremacist patriarchy, but there are a few things that we as Americans hold dear for good reason. Things like freedom to practice our religion, to worship what we hold sacred, whether that is god or God, Allah or the Buddha, science or love, or some combination of all of those things.

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