The owners of a chain of stores called Hobby Lobby don't like Obamacare.
Mike Kilbert, a co-owner of a New York-based chain of hobby game stores called the Compleat Strategist, estimates that the average age of people buying board games at his stores has declined to the early 30's from the mid-40's in recent years.
Hobby Lobby, a chain of craft stores, brought the suit because it objected to paying for contraceptive coverage for its employees, as mandated by the Affordable Care Act.
These suits are distinct from one brought by Hobby Lobby, a chain of craft stores, that the Supreme Court recently agreed to hear.
The first was Northfield Mount Hermon's sale of the campus in 2009 to Hobby Lobby, a chain of craft stores owned by the Green family.
The case was brought by two Christian families and their businesses: the Greens own Hobby Lobby, a chain of craft shops, and Mardel, a Christian bookstore; the Hahns own Conestoga Wood Specialties, a cabinet company.
The question in the case is whether a for-profit corporation, such as Hobby Lobby, a chain of craft stores with no institutional religious connections, may deny health coverage for contraceptives to employees to which they are otherwise entitled by federal law, based on the personal religious objections of the corporation's owners.
He points out that Hobby Lobby, a chain of craft shops, was itself lauded by the left-wing website Demos last year for paying its employees excellent wages and donating to charities, and that this sense of ethical responsibility flows from the Christian convictions of its owners.Mr Douthat's argument is a mess.
Some people do not shop at Hobby Lobby, a chain of craft stores, since it actively promotes (proselytizes) a form of Christianity in its ads, especially around Easter, and often plays Christian music over the airwaves in its stores.
A chain of stores with more than thirteen thousand employees, Hobby Lobby is privately owned by individuals who oppose abortion.
