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PSA: The Goulets from Goulet Pens are into some pretty serious Men-rule, Bible's-literal Evangelical Christianity (reddit link, I know I know) (www.reddit.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by wjrii to c/fountainpens

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Short version: Drew, their employee with the most public facing role and known to be a chill guy and left-leaning, left the company with some celebration but zero explanation. This got folks looking, and they saw that the Goulets are heavily involved with planting (think "franchising" or may more accurately "metastasizing") a new church that was growing out from a larger one that has all the usual disgusting anti-LGBT+ rhetoric, and the new church has a mission statement that includes bible literalism and explicitly places men above women in home life and church roles. Also, Reddit being Reddit, the mods handled it all very clumsily and in a way that makes it look they've traded their integrity for a couple of pens.

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[–] mongooseofrevenge 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bonus-episode-pride-month/id1723599105?i=1000657476753

I figured I'd link directly to the podcast episode in question in case anyone wants to listen first-hand. The "Eric" in this episode seems to be introduced in a later episode as starting the church attended by the Goulet's. I saw the transcriptions originally but the tone of the hosts really put me off.

I'm thoroughly disappointed at the situation and it's completely soured my perception of the brand. Luckily, there are plenty of retailers to choose from in this hobby.