From: Nita and Shaunna, Ultraviolet

Dear Readers,

Amazing! Since Friday more than 70,000 people have signed the petition telling Hobby Lobby to drop their lawsuit and agree to cover all forms of birth control — including customers, like Debbi H. from Texas, who wrote “And here I am planning a fabric purchase. Guess I have to go to Michael’s or JoAnn’s today…”

But Hobby Lobby isn’t budging–in fact right-wingers are flooding their Facebook page with messages of support. So we have to turn up the pressure.

Companies care a lot about their social media presence, and because the Facebook page is public, tons of people see it, mostly customers. Hobby Lobby depends on its customers for success, so we need to make sure thousands and thousands of us let them know how upset we are about their lawsuit.

If you’re on Facebook, can you post a quick note on their public Facebook page?

Post to Hobby Lobby’s Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/HobbyLobby

Here’s a sample message you can post on Facebook, but please speak from your heart and be polite. Your message will be more powerful that way: “It’s a woman’s personal decision what kind of birth control is right for her body, and all women deserve affordable access to contraception. Your decision to sue over the contraception mandate is really disappointing. I won’t be shopping at your stores unless you drop this suit.”

If you’re not on Facebook, you can give them a quick call. Just click here for the info.
http://act.weareultraviolet.org/call/callhobbylobby/?akid=189.6000.utkjSI&rd=1&t=4

This is bigger than just Hobby Lobby–this is about the precedent it sets and how dangerous it is for women. US companies can’t flout the law just because they don’t like it. Allowing company management to impose their beliefs on employees is wrong. And we should not stand for it.
Here’s what a few other Hobby Lobby customers have had to say so far:
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“I am a woman who shops at your stores. I like that you feel strongly about your religious beliefs. I do not like that you want to dictate your beliefs to your employees in the form of health care denial. It is not up to you to judge how a women takes care of her health care. That is between her and her doctor. You are an employer not a health care professional. This is America you don’t have to use these services but you have no right to tell your employees they cannot have access to them.” –Cecilia B. From Ohio

“I own a small ceramics shop that regularly purchases supplies at Hobby Lobby, but I didn’t know of its support of the notion it can deny women access to areas of health care that concerns only them, not them and their employer. I will find another vendor for my supplies until such time as Hobby Lobby changes its stance on this issue.” — Kevin R. South Carolina
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All women deserve access to affordable birth control and the kind they use is their personal decision–not Hobby Lobby’s. And Hobby Lobby needs to hear that message from women everywhere today.

Thanks for speaking out.
–Nita, Shaunna and Kat, the UltraViolet team.

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Hobby Lobby isn’t budging on its dangerous anti-contraception lawsuit. And now the right-wing is flooding their Facebook page with messages of support. They need to hear from the thousands of us who want them to drop the suit and support affordable access to birth control for all women. Can you post a message on their Facebook page?

Click Here
https://www.facebook.com/HobbyLobby