Behind the Bastards How Hobby Lobby Funded Terrorism And Tried To Destroy Democracy
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Feb 4, 2020 AI Snips
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From Kitchen Table Crafts To Billion-Dollar Control
- David Green built Hobby Lobby from tiny picture-frame sales into a multibillion-dollar, family-owned empire that enforces his religious vision across the company.
- That ownership allows him to run business practices and philanthropy aligned tightly with his evangelical goals without shareholder constraint.
Philanthropy Focused On Conversion Over Aid
- David Green is one of the largest individual donors to evangelical causes and funds global missionary and scripture distribution programs.
- His philanthropic focus prioritizes spreading scripture over material aid in many regions, shaping evangelical influence worldwide.
Giving Channels That Fund Extremist Causes
- Hobby Lobby donated a campus to the National Christian Foundation (NCF), which channels large sums to anti-LGBT and anti-Muslim organizations.
- NCF donations have materially funded groups the Southern Poverty Law Center labels as hate groups.