Ellen DeGeneres' JC Penney Partnership Slammed By Anti-Gay Group One Million Moms

[LynneSin]

Ellen DeGeneres' JC Penney Partnership Slammed By Anti-Gay Group One Million Moms


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html?ref=style&ir=Style

Ellen DeGeneres' new gig as a spokeswoman for JC Penney is just one component in the retail brand's planned makeover, but not everyone is thrilled by the choice.

OneMillionMoms.com, a division of the American Family Association, is now calling for DeGeneres to be replaced by the Texas-based chain because she is a lesbian, Towleroad and other media outlets are reporting.

"Funny that JC Penney thinks hiring an open homosexual spokesperson will help their business when most of their customers are traditional families," the group writes on its website. "DeGeneres is not a true representation of the type of families that shop at their store. The majority of JC Penney shoppers will be offended and choose to no longer shop there. The small percentage of customers they are attempting to satisfy will not offset their loss in sales."

The group's statement concludes: "By jumping on the pro-gay bandwagon, JC Penney is attempting to gain a new target market and in the process will lose customers with traditional values that have been faithful to them over all these years."

Really?

Do these women have nothing else better to do?

[yodermon]

1. their hatred is palpable

and disgusting.
Remind me to shop at JCP.

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. And yet DeGeneres has one of the most popular television shows on daytime.

Yep...people are going to run in fear from Penney's now.

[EOTE]

3. "Funny that JC Penney thinks hiring an openly black spokesperson will help their business..

when most of their customers are traditional families."

Funny how some people feel completely comfortable with certain prejudices. I really hope that karma gets these fuckers.

[obamanut2012]

23. And don't think LGBT people come from "traditional families"

Whatever the hell those are.

ELLEN is from a family that matches JCP's demographic.

Idiots.

[dmr]

4. Another loud mouth hate group. I'm sick of them all.

Good for JCP & Ellen.

[izquierdista]

5. All 12 of them?

Something tells me that "OneMillionMoms" is a bit of a reach. A thousand I could believe, but a million? nah

[asjr]

6. OneMillionBigotedMoms.

[glowing]

7. Really, Ellen, she's like "Gay Oprah".. what the hell is wrong with these people.

She's successful and people love her and she's funny and these women look like idiots saying anything against her... She's like the person most prudish, bigots say, "I watch Ellen, I'm not a bigot, I just don't know anyone personally who is gay" LOL. She gets the pass like Oprah got for being black back in the day. Ellen makes people realize that teh gay isn't catching and it isn't something that can hold you back or what not, she's quite successful.

Whacky people.

[VWolf]

8. To answer your questions: Yes, and yes. n/t

[madrchsod]

9. funny thing is that 99.9% of her audience knows who she is .

i would hazard a guess that almost as many knows she is married. if pennys did`t think she could sell stuff then they would`t have hired her.

so it`s another who the fuck cares what these bigots have to say.

[obamanut2012]

24. She has Portia on her show alot

And talks about her alot.

[kiva]

10. I'm good with Ellen,

it the $@@@$%^ screaming on the current ads that I can't stand...don't any of those one million moms get annoyed with that?

[Brickbat]

11. Gah, they're gross.

[onehandle]

12. The genius behind Target and Apple's retail marketing strategy is CEO at JC Penney now.

Hope he ignores One Million Bigots.

[fishwax]

13. funny that AFA thinks JC Penney customers will be outraged by Ellen

But not so funny that these bigots are still up to their typical BS.

[SomethingFishy]

14. 1 million moms vs Ellens 4 million daily viewers..

this should be funny...

[surrealAmerican]

15. It never even occurred to these idiots ...

... that most "traditional families" are not comprised of narrow minded bigots like them.

[tyne]

16. Yes...

they should hire Callista Gingrich...who exemplifies American Family Association's supreme embodiment of a "traditional family".

"Don Wildmon, the founder and chairman emeritus of the American Family Association, announced his support for Gingrich on Tuesday. His organization, which promotes conservative Christian values and has a nationwide radio network of more than 180 stations, represents an ideal constuency, who has struggled to convince conservative voters to overlook a past that includes multiple divorces and admitted marital infidelity."

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/200447-gingrich-wins-endorsements-from-american-family-association-iowa-speaker

Yes...they need to dictate to a business who should be a private standard bearer of good morals, and give us Callista as their choice example. They want Callista to be the first lady of our land.

[Initech]

17. The AFA needs to get a life outside their bubble.

[Capitalocracy]

18. There's a MILLION of them? And JC Penney's going to lose most of their customers?

"The majority of JC Penney shoppers will be offended and choose to no longer shop there." Well, I guess we'll see. If you're holding JC Penney stock, better sell now.

[redqueen]

19. I wonder how much JC Penney cares if a hate group has a problem with their non-bigotry.

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/groups/american-family-association
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/ideology/anti-gay/active_hate_groups

[otohara]

20. It Never Ends

do they ever take a break from hating gays?

[obamanut2012]

21. Ellen is very popular

Even with my quite conservative aunts, great aunts, and grandmother.

Rosie can be abrasive to many people, but Ellen isn't.

Hateful fools.

[eShirl]

22. they're accusing JC Penney of being POLITICALLY INCORRECT.

incorrect by the standards of RW politics

[Bluenorthwest]

25. Read this this morning went to spend money there this afternoon!

We needed socks. Pants. And so we went and so we spent.

[Raine]

26. Hmmm I was unaware that Ellen was promoting the "gay agenda"

in those Penneys commercials, I guess I missed that part. They probably wouldn't even known she was gay if they didn't stick their noses in to other people's business.

[RKP5637]

27. The world's moving on ... sounds like those in OneMillionMoms.com

really need to get a new life. People are getting F'en tired of their hatred and the Hate Group American Family Association. It's getting so I even don't like hearing the word family anymore, because some F'en Hate Group has co-opted the world family.