S/O Do You Boycott Businesses?

Yes, I do for first 2 choices. Growing up in a union family, it is pretty standard and no big deal. There's always plenty of options regardless!

I had a poor customer experience at Hobby Lobby before their political/religious stuff came to light. The manager was expecting his employees to determine if another cash register needed to be opened, which was clearly his job, and he was very rude to his staff, who happened to be all women. After learning of their religious affiliation later, the interaction all made sense. I let him know I was not shopping there anymore and haven't been back since, this was years ago.

I'm thinking Toyota is not alone.

Lincoln Project apparently is making a full series of videos of the supporters who publicly say no, but actually do hand over monies..

Apparently Toyota caved…again.  We’ll see how long it lasts.

Heck yeah. Some of these companies affirmatively want to harm me — why on earth would I give them my business?

So I have a really honest question. Do the things that they do not bother you at all? You are OK with how they treat gays? How they treat women? You know that hobby lobby illegally acquired and smuggled artifacts? You know they have many incidences of anti-Semitism and racism? Are you OK with that? Do you feel that those are Christian principles? Or is it all about saying homosexuality is wrong, therefore all the other things you do can be ignored?

I am honestly trying to understand. There are plenty of companies who call themselves Christian and act in a Christian way. But companies that call themselves Christian and are only Christian whenever it’s convenient for them trouble me greatly. Why would you want to support those kind of companies?

Not sure if this counts as boycotting but I tend to choose companies that manufacture in UK,US,Europe and Japan.

I find that a lot of products made in China cause skin sensitivity and allergic ish reactions. The exception to this would be Apple products which cause no problems.

I am becoming more aware of designed in UK labels  (but manufactured in China) products  and give them a wide berth.

FYI- Hobby Lobby's medical plan does provide most birth control options. There are 4 products that their plan does not provide.

Yes - the plan does provide for less effective diaphragms, but not for more effective IUDs, the latter of which may be the most logical choice for long term contraception for women who can’t tolerate or are otherwise avoidant of hormonal methods.

It still interrupts the ability of a woman and her doctor to make a decision together about what’s best for her, medically speaking.

I do for 1 and 2. Among others, Hobby Lobby, Chik Fil A, Ali Express. Does my boycott matter to their bottom line? Probably not. But I cannot in good conscience patronize those places.

However, my boycott may mean something to a local grocery chain. I’ve been shopping them for several years when the pandemic hit. I did not like the decision they made about not requiring masks in stores (very conservative company). I emailed corporate and the local managers to express my disappointment. I received a call from the local manager. I took my $300 weekly grocery budget elsewhere. The manger has called me 2 other times asking me to come back. I’ve declined. So maybe it does matter?