On November 4 2021 Imgur user BStev shared an image of text, asserting that Hobby Lobby “took out a full page ad today,” purportedly proclaiming that “America should only be led by Christians”:
Titled “Antisemitic much Hobby Lobby?”, the post included no additional contextual information. Black text against a white background read:
Hobby lobby took out a full page ad in the Register-Guard this morning. Talking about how America should only be led by Christians. Absolutely frightening. Please remember that Michaels, Joanns & your local craft/hobby shops are always an excellent place to spend your money.
One commenter requested a source for the image:
Could you link us to this ad? … nah maybe its best not.
Another commenter added an image to their comment, purportedly showing the advertisement itself:
Small text at the bottom read “©2021 Hobby Lobby,” and after a “One Nation Under God” graphic, seven sections appeared: Presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, Congress, Education, Supreme Court Rulings, and Foreign Opinion. Its content consisted largely of quoted elements — referencing a “Christian nation,” making statements including “We are a Christian people,” and involving a parenthetical claim that a Supreme Court decision was a “unanimous decision declaring America a Christian nation.”
The original Imgur post showed a July 4 2021 tweet by @Barkiologist on July 4 2021; the version cropped and shared to Imgur removed the source and the specific “today” referenced in it:
A different screenshot of the tweet was shared by a Tumblr account on July 4 2021 (the version seen on Imgur was shared on September 15 2021 by a different Tumblr account):