The New York Times is grating its teeth over the prospect that a Christian-owned company is setting up shop in “liberal” Manhattan, as if having a business with religious morals would be a net negative for that God-forsaken city.
“Hobby Lobby Is Opening Its First Manhattan Store. Not Everyone Is Happy,” cried Times reporter Jane Margolies in an April 9 item that was slapped onto the front page of the business section of the April 15 print edition.
Margolies whined that the neighborhood of Tribeca in Lower Manhattan, “known for its liberal politics and sky-high rents,” was bracing itself for the incoming of a new retailer “known for its conservative Christian convictions.” Oh how terrible. Rather than just reporting on the development, Margolies chose to elevate how “some residents” were supposedly “feeling affronted that Hobby Lobby is opening in their neighborhood.” Waah.
Naturally, Margolies threw a tantrum over Hobby Lobby’s record of not genuflecting to the typical figureheads of wokeism: “Local groups and forums that are protesting the company’s arrival in TriBeCa point to Hobby Lobby’s work with organizations that oppose gay and transgender rights.”
Then, she said the quiet part out loud: “They haven’t forgotten the private company’s lawsuit in 2014 to fight against having to provide insurance coverage for contraception for employees.” By “they” Margolies is more likely referencing how The Times still hasn’t gotten over the U.S. Supreme Court siding with Hobby Lobby in 2014 over its refusal to violate its Christian ethics by complying with the infamous Obamacare mandates.
As The Times beta-energy-afflicted editorial board wailed during that time, “The Supreme Court violated principles of religious liberty and women’s rights in last week’s ruling in the Hobby Lobby case, which allowed owners of closely held, for-profit corporations (most companies in America) to impose their religious beliefs on workers by refusing to provide contraception coverage for employees with no co-pay, as required by the Affordable Care Act.” How dare a company’s owners have public Christian convictions that are known to their employees before they decided to work for them, right (sarcasm)?
The owners of Hobby Lobby — the Green family — even “largely sponsored” the $500 million privately-funded Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C for goodness’ sake! In October 2022, Hobby Lobby CEO and founder David Green announced in a Fox News op-ed that he was giving up his company because he "chose God" over wealth.
Margolies’ latest slant suggests The Times is more enraged over the fact that the paper and Hobby Lobby are now going to be neighbors:
Over a decade later, it remains to be seen whether low prices and a staggering selection of products are enough to make residents in an area that has long been a liberal stronghold look past the company’s conservative bent.
The whiny brats over at The Times sure can’t seem to get over it. That’s for sure.
