Information about Goulet Pens

[lunabee34]

Everyone, it's come to my attention that the controversy involving Goulet Pens might not be as widely known as I believed.

I'm posting a link to the megathread on the fountain pens subreddit so that you can read it for yourself, but the gist of the story is that the Goulets posted a video about how they are part of the core team founding a church that's an offshoot of their current church. Then a podcast featuring the pastor of this new church emerged in which he says some truly vile things about LGBTQ people; internet sleuths also uncovered a contract that church members must sign which contains the typical hard right, evangelical attitudes toward women. The Goulets posted an incredibly mealy-mouthed apology that doesn't involve them leaving the church.

I will no longer be purchasing from them, and I thought you all should be able to make an informed decision.

https://www.reddit.com/r/fountainpens/comments/1fizugz/goulet_pens_megathread/

Comments

[seleneheart]

Oh, wow, thank you for the information - I had no idea! I visit them when I am looking for something specific, but otherwise they don't cross my mind. Hopefully people will post other resources for fountain pens.

[amphobet]

Thank you for sharing this info. I was not aware.

[grayestofghosts]

Ugh. Good thing I mostly buy from Jetpens. They will not be getting any more of my money.

[chelseagirl]

Thanks for posting this.

I bought my couple of Lamys . . . last year? the year before? But got frustrated that my Moleskine datebook is not fountain pen friendly. A colleague introduced me to a cheap but really good Pilot, and I will pull out my Lamys -- because I found a Leuchterm datebook with the same sort of layout as my Moleskine. (1 week on one side, lined on the other.) Hurray!

[asenathwaite]

The Goulets have never hidden that they're part of right-wing American Christian culture. Did people really not notice?

[teaotter]

Oh. Yeah. I had no idea. Thank you for posting this!