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[camwyn]

Hey, do any of you guys reading this buy organic/natural stuff from Eden Foods?

Well, guess what: Michael Potter, Eden’s CEO, is applying his Catholic beliefs about birth control and its wrongness to his company and has filed for the same 'nope, not gonna do it' Obamacare status as Hobby Lobby. He claims, among other things, that contraception “almost always involve[s] immoral and unnatural practices.” (http://www.salon.com/2013/04/11/organic_eden_foods_quiet_right_wing_agenda/)

After filing the suit, he went even further, saying that the government has “no right” to extend coverage for birth control, comparing birth control to Jack Daniels, and saying that pregnancy should be covered but birth control should not because pregnancy has “more warmth and fuzziness.” (http://www.salon.com/2013/04/15/eden_foods_ceo_digs_himself_deeper_in_birth_control_outrage/) When the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision was announced, Potter said he was “grateful” for the court’s decision while calling President Obama a “dictator” who wants to take away Americans’ rights. (http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/07/03/hobby-lobby-fallout-catholic-soy-milk-mogul-wont-cover-drugs-that-prevent-procreation/ )

So. Yeah.

Scratch that company off my list.

Comments

[agonistes]

Used to. No longer.

I expect Whole Foods will keep them on the shelves, but I would be very surprised if I returned to North Carolina next month and my co-op still has them there.

[attractivegeekery]

Thanks for the heads up. I'm pretty sure Roomie Alissa uses their products, and after talking to coworker, she does as well. Or well, did.

[in_the_blue]

Ugh. Thanks for the heads-up.

[bjornwilde]

Uggg...I will have to watch labels when shopping. Thanks!

[lemon_badgeress]

Thank you. *makes a note*

[derien]

Thanks for letting us know. I don't know if I've ever bought anything from them, but now I won't. I've also posted it on FaceBook.