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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I wouldn't exactly say that 'this is the height of hypocrisy'. They may have been unaware of this and it remains to be seen if they try to do anything about changing their 401k plan. The Green's position on plan B and IUDs isn't logical anyway because it's rooted in so-called 'religious freedom' which, if upheld by the Supreme Court, would arbitrarily allow any business owner to exert their control over any line item in their employee's insurance coverage until the next similar cases reach the high court.<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: debismith@moscow.com<br>To: thansen@moscow.com; vision2020@moscow.com<br>Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 20:37:03 -0700<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hypocrisy and the Hobby Lobby<br><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Why am I not surprised......</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Debi R-S</font></div>
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<div style="FONT:10pt arial;BACKGROUND:#e4e4e4;"><b>From:</b>
<a title="thansen@moscow.com" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</a>
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<div style="FONT:10pt arial;"><b>To:</b> <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</a> </div>
<div style="FONT:10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 03, 2014 5:45
PM</div>
<div style="FONT:10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Hypocrisy and the
Hobby Lobby</div>
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<div style="">Concerning the Green family
(pronounced "Hobby Lobby") religious convictions . . . well . . . er . . . uh
. . .</div>
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<div style="">Courtesy of today's (April 3,
2014) Spokesman-Review.</div>
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<h1 style="LINE-HEIGHT:1.2;BACKGROUND-COLOR:rgb(255,255,255);MARGIN:0px 0px 10px;FONT-FAMILY:Arial, sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(17,17,17);CLEAR:both;FONT-SIZE:28px;">Hobby
Lobby 401(k) holdings include contraceptive makers</h1>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:21px;OVERFLOW:visible !important;"><span style="">WASHINGTON – The company leading the
legal challenge against birth control coverage under the new health care law
offers its workers a retirement plan that includes investments in companies
making contraceptive and abortion drugs.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:21px;OVERFLOW:visible !important;"><span style="">Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. has a 401(k)
plan featuring several mutual funds investing in pharmaceutical firms that
produce intrauterine birth control devices, emergency contraceptive pills and
drugs used in abortion procedures, according to Labor Department documents and
a review of fund portfolios.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:21px;OVERFLOW:visible !important;"><span style="">Hobby Lobby and the Green family that
owns it say their religious beliefs prohibit them from offering health
coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices that can work after conception.
The retailer and others have sued the Obama administration, challenging the
Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employers provide coverage for all
approved forms of birth control, including the morning-after pill and similar
drugs that may work after an egg has been fertilized.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:21px;OVERFLOW:visible !important;"><span style="">The Supreme Court heard arguments last
week and is expected to issue a ruling by June.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:21px;OVERFLOW:visible !important;"><span style="">“This is the height of hypocrisy,”
Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said in a
statement. “Hobby Lobby’s CEO wants to deny the company’s 13,000 employees
access to affordable birth control, while investing in pharmaceutical
companies that make it.”</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:21px;OVERFLOW:visible !important;"><span style="">Hobby Lobby spokeswoman Emily Hardman
did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The magazine Mother
Jones first reported Hobby Lobby’s retirement plan
investment holdings.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:21px;OVERFLOW:visible !important;"><span style="">Hobby Lobby’s 401(k) plan includes
funds that invest in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, maker of Plan B, known as
the morning-after pill, and ParaGard, an intrauterine device. Hobby Lobby
objects to offering employee coverage for both forms of
birth control.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:21px;OVERFLOW:visible !important;"><span style="">Other holdings include Pfizer, maker of
the drugs Cytotec and Prostin E2 used to induce abortions, and Forest
Laboratories, maker of Cervidil, which is also used to
induce abortions.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:21px;OVERFLOW:visible !important;"><span style="">The pharmaceutical companies are among
dozens of holdings by each mutual fund, and represent just a fraction of the
overall investment.</span></p></div></div>
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<div><span style="">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants
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<div><span style="">Tom Hansen</span></div>
<div><span style="">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div>
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<div><span style="">"There's room at the top they are telling you
still.</span></div>
<div><span style="">But first you must learn how to smile as you
kill,</span></div>
<div><span style="">If you want to be like the folks on the
hill."</span></div>
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<div><span style="">- John Lennon</span></div>
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