In terms of money, I think that Hobby Lobby’s “victory” in the Supreme Court today was Pyrrhic, and that the lawyers who advised the family who owns most of the shares *must* have advised them of this. The company will lose a number of highly trained employees as well as a large number of long-term customers. That is money going out the door.

The company might save a little money in insurance costs.

The family loses. It must have known. This family *believes* in the cause.

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Updates

1: I’ve tried out my theory on two friends of mine. One thinks Hobby Lobby’s sales will go through the roof. The other nodded politely.

2: Dan Savage is at work on a neologism. – 3 July