Members TampaYankee Posted February 4, 2012 Members Posted February 4, 2012 One Million Moms to JC Penney: fire Ellen, she's gay By Joshua L. Weinstein | Reuters – Thu, Feb 2, 2012 LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - One Million Moms -- a project of the American Family Association -- is very angry at JC Penney. No, not because it sells sweater vests (heck, Rick Santorum is a fan of those), but because the Texas-based department store has hired Ellen DeGeneres as a spokeswoman. And DeGeneres is -- cue the scary music -- gay, and open about it. "Funny that JC Penney thinks hiring an open homosexual spokesperson will help their business when most of their customers are traditional families," the million (or so) moms write on their 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." One Million Moms is asking people to call JC Penney to complain. With this campaign, One Million Moms, which claims to be "the most powerful tool you have to stand against the immorality, violence, vulgarity and profanity the entertainment media is throwing at your children," is going after one of the country's most-beloved television hosts. The moms want JC Penney "to replace Ellen DeGeneres as their new spokesperson immediately and remain neutral in the culture war." Fat chance, says the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination. "A vast majority of Americans today support Ellen as well as their LGBT friends and family members," Herndon Graddick, a GLAAD spokesman said in a written statement. "Selecting an out performer who has inspired and entertained millions, is not only a smart business practice, but a reflection of how LGBT Americans today are an integral and valued part of the fabric of our culture." DeGeneres' daytime talk show has more viewers than the American Family Association has moms. Between January 16 and January 22, "Ellen" averaged 3.38 million viewers -- or 2.38 million more people than the AFA has moms. American Family Association did not return a request for comment. (Editing by Chris Michaud) See original article at: http://news.yahoo.com/one-million-moms-jc-penney-fire-ellen-shes-173429894.html Quote
Members JKane Posted February 4, 2012 Members Posted February 4, 2012 I'd read far better news relating to this. JC Penny already responded that they stand with Ellen and there were only something like 25k signatures on the petition... Quote
Members JKane Posted February 4, 2012 Members Posted February 4, 2012 Here's the article I read on JC Penny's response to the fucking bigots. Quote
Members JKane Posted February 4, 2012 Members Posted February 4, 2012 Also, fuckers are going after Starbucks too! Quote
Members JKane Posted February 4, 2012 Members Posted February 4, 2012 I'm thinking this would be a good morning to shop at Penny's and enjoy a coffee at Starbucks! Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 Also, fuckers are going after Starbucks too! I'm getting so tired of "Evangelistic Christians". I've never seen a religious group so full of hate and so full of "if you are not exactly like me then we will boycott you" ! This is exactly why I will never set foot in a church again (unless I'm at a wedding or funeral). Religion has been hijacked by a bunch of opinionated zealots. Of course that is who wrote the bible in the first place - a bunch of men who were trying to dictate their views on the world. Quote
Members JKane Posted February 4, 2012 Members Posted February 4, 2012 And yet their actions have so very little to do with the teaching of the Christ they grovel to. Fairy tales are for kids, not living your life by! Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted February 8, 2012 Posted February 8, 2012 Ellen addressed this controversy in today's show. You gotta love Ellen. Who couldn't love Ellen. Quote
Members JKane Posted February 8, 2012 Members Posted February 8, 2012 Damn it, beat me to it Expat! But that is a great response by Ellen! Quote
caeron Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 I wrote JC Penney in response to this, and got a great reply. Figure I'd go buy some clothes there this week in support. Quote
Members JKane Posted February 9, 2012 Members Posted February 9, 2012 JC Penny seems to be doubling down. I love that it's not just a tepid "we don't want to fire our expensive spokesperson"! Now if only somebody would stand up for Planed Parenthood this strongly and tell people they are NOT a controversial organization! Quote
Members axiom2001 Posted February 9, 2012 Members Posted February 9, 2012 Although I usually do not watch Ellen's show, I had it on yesterday afternoon [2.8.12] when she candidly addressed this! I wish her well in being a spokesperson for J C Penney (...pronounced Pen Nay)!!! Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 Michelangelo Signorile addressed this on his show yesterday and so many people called in and said that they hadn't shopped at JCP for years and they were all going to go and buy something there now. I myself hadn't shopped their either in ages and yesterday I went online and the jeans I like are on sale there for $40 and the normal price I pay at the Tall man's store is $68 so they probably will get my future business as well. They changed their entire pricing philosophy on Feb 1 so it might be an interesting place to shop again. I generally can only shop at tall man stores since I have such long legs and monkey arms so you'd think I would have shopped there more recently but I haven't. But now I will. Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 https://www.facebook.com/pages/1-Million-people-who-support-Ellen-for-JC-Penney/171435642966371 The above page was created earlier this week to support Ellen and JCP and in just 2 days there are over 80,000 likes. So if you have a Facebook page I encourage you to like this page. It's already double the number of users that are on the Million Mom's page. Here is an article on the growing support of this page: http://www.trippedmedia.com/2012/02/support-for-ellen-growing-at-unprecedented-rate/ The Advocate is also following this story as well. Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted February 11, 2012 Posted February 11, 2012 Here's one woman's OP-Ed against Ellen. How stupid these people are. This is one of the most disgusting articles I've ever read and the comments at the end of the article are even worse. http://onenewsnow.com/Perspectives/Default.aspx?id=1532978 Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted February 11, 2012 Posted February 11, 2012 There was a gay flash mob at JC Penney today in support of their selection of Ellen and they had what they called a "buy-cott" of JCP. LOL http://www.joemygod.blogspot.com/2012/02/gay-flash-mob-at-nyc-jcpenney.html Quote
Members JKane Posted February 22, 2012 Members Posted February 22, 2012 Also, fuckers are going after Starbucks too! Just a reminder that the Starbucks BS is still going on, and both them and JC Penny deserve some extra business for standing with us! Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Ellen's JCPenney ads will start airing during the Academy Awards on Sunday. There will be 5 brand new ones. And Ellen shared some outtakes on her show on Friday. Quote
Guest hitoallusa Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Ellen is so adorable and gives out this image that she will be nice to you no matter who you are. I think she naturally has in her to be an entertainer. Quote
Members JKane Posted March 9, 2012 Members Posted March 9, 2012 I love the snark on Towle today! Didn't realize "million moms" faceplanted so hard on the Archie/Toys R' Us thing too! But then again, they call themselves "million moms" and only have thousands... Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted May 4, 2012 Posted May 4, 2012 One Million Moms (current membership: 40,000, but it's good to have goals) is upset with JCPenney again, and want their angry moms to harass store managers about the lesbian moms in the Mother's Day circular. Because their last JCPenney protest went so well. And having worked in retail management for many, many years, I can assure you, the store managers do not care at all your opinion of corporate advertising. Quote
Guest hitoallusa Posted May 4, 2012 Posted May 4, 2012 I don't think harassing is a good choice of word. They are simply recommended to ask questions. [quote name=EXPAT' timestamp='1336147490' post='58893] One Million Moms (current membership: 40,000, but it's good to have goals) is upset with JCPenney again, and want their angry moms to harass store managers about the lesbian moms in the Mother's Day circular. Because their last JCPenney protest went so well. And having worked in retail management for many, many years, I can assure you, the store managers do not care at all your opinion of corporate advertising. Quote
Guest FourAces Posted May 6, 2012 Posted May 6, 2012 Howard Stern defends Ellen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLr13mT592M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2G3HMg2Yjg&feature=relmfu Quote
Members JKane Posted May 6, 2012 Members Posted May 6, 2012 Yeah, love Howard Stern on these issues! I posted the Rolling Stone article when I first heard him talk about it. Quote
Members JKane Posted May 6, 2012 Members Posted May 6, 2012 Here's the Rolling Stone article, which is great, if you haven't read it yet. Quote
