Hobby Lobby, not just exemption from birth control mandate

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Let me know when people start turning their houses into Hanukkah displays with 100 kilowatts or more of lights.  (Or more probably where.)  My understanding is that there are far fewer trinkets associated with the Jewish holidays than the current Christian kitschization of Christmas and Easter, and a lot of what there is gets covered by the generic holiday decorations.  Even in areas with 10% Jewish populations, it might not make much business sense for Hobby Lobby to stock Jewish kitsch in its stores, tho it probably makes sense for them to handle special orders or offer them on their website.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

But I am still disgusted by the people who say it is okay for large corporations to ban the sale of holiday items for other religions.  Once your business grows to a certain size and operates in certain neighborhoods it's time to get your head out of your @$$.

Let me get this straight.If I own a chain of 500 plus stores and I have maybe 5 stores where stocking some merchandise that appeals to a small demographic would make business sense, I'm obligated to carry goods for that demographic?  Even if you argue that I only need to do so in those 5 stores, that's still imposing back office costs for handling the extra items.  Besides, if I truly am passing up a chance to make a buck out of menorahs and dreidles, isn't that already a punishment?

Plus even if I do choose to not carry the items, how does that constitute a ban?  There are plenty of other stores in that market segment.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Plus even if I do choose to not carry the items, how does that constitute a ban?  There are plenty of other stores in that market segment.

If you refuse to carry it it is banned from your store.  That's the definition of a ban.

Nope.  If you forbid others from carrying it in their stores, that's a ban.  If you forbid it in your own stores, that's personal choice.  Now if Hobby Lobby used the franchise model in its operations and it forbade its franchisees carrying such goods, that would be a ban, but that's not how Hobby Lobby is structured.