Posted on 02/09/2012 6:56:53 AM PST by narses
(CBS News) J.C. Penney is trying to rebuild its customer base with help from a new spokeswoman, Ellen DeGeneres. But a group called One Million Moms is accusing the company of "jumping on the pro-gay bandwagon."
DeGeneres responded to the group on her TV show Wednesday, saying, "I'm happy about (being the spokesperson) J.C. Penney is happy about it. But there's this group called One Million Moms that is not happy about it. And normally I try not to pay attention to my haters, but this time I'd like to talk about it because my haters are my motivators. This organization doesn't think I should be the spokesperson because I am gay. So for those of you tuning in for the first time, I'm gay. I hope you were sitting down. ... So they wanted to get me fired, and I'm proud and happy to say that J.C. Penney stuck by their decision to make me their spokesperson."
In a statement last week, J.C. Penney said it stands behind its partnership the talk show host.
On "CBS This Morning," Thursday, J.C. Penney chief executive officer Ron Johnson, said the company "shares the same values" as DeGeneres and that the decision to have her as a spokesperson was a "no-brainer."
"We don't look at it like a controversy. One of the great things about America is people can speak their mind. And you know, the organization that believes one thing has spoken and it was great to see Ellen share her views yesterday. And we stand squarely behind Ellen as our spokesperson and that's a great thing. Because she shares the same values that we do in our company. Our company was founded 110 years ago on the golden rule, which is about treating people fair and square, just like you would like to be treated yourself. And we think Ellen represents the values of our company and the values that we share."
asked you a question and it is you who seems to not have a clue what you’;re on about, first free speech ,then you go on about unAmerican and now you can;t answer a simple question.
Will you buy or support or watch her show knowing all of this?
Sent my credit card back shredded years ago when they refused to give charitable donations to religious groups.
Whatever, dude. If you read the posts, then you would have seen that I have already stated that I do not watch her show.
This always astounds me
We republicans and conservatives stand for traditional values and we still get some who harp on about they have no proble,m with the homo agenda, when they see people banned they then harp on about free speech on here
There is no frigging free speech on here, it even states on the site that this is not a place fro the homo agenda.
no wonder why we have the left advancing their agenda when we can’t even get some on a conservatives site standing for what they say they do stand for
Read my posts ... you'll see the answer plain and simple.
Fair enough.
Free Republic ALSO HAS AN AGENDA, so why are you and a bunch of trolls siding with the militant homosexuals who are trying to destroy Free Republic's agenda?
Troll?! Seriously wagglebee?!
Ya know what ... I'm done with this thread. I simply stated an opionion and now you, manc, and trisham are twisting the entire conversation beyond recognition. Have at it.
is this so hard to answer and saying what ever dude FFS
I asked
will you purchase or support any company which she promotes or watch her show?
you said
Whatever, dude. If you read the posts, then you would have seen that I have already stated that I do not watch her show.
Look you still could have said no or yes it would have been easier so again will you stop helping the companies and stop supporting companies which hire people which advance the homosexual agenda, yes we have established you do not watch her show ?
No, you’re just being lazy and don’t want to wade through the posts. Read.
no not twisting, just answer yes or no and i ask because right now the left are fighting like tooth and nail to take our values away our morals away , attacking religion etc
What I would like to know is will you help conservatives fight for what we stand for and for the future of our kids and yes I have 3 small ones and all have been warned about the homo agenda sadly and how the media will try and manipulate them
No, you’re just being lazy and don’t want to wade through the posts. Read.
still easier to say yes or no, why do you find it easier to do all that writing you do but not write either 3 letters or two letters /
Between Glee, Modern Family, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Happy Endings, MTV, etc, it is going to be JC Penney that influences Children and Teens behaviour? I doubt it, they are more likely to be influenced by the behaviour of adults who attack what appears to be an otherwise positive person for a single flaw. That is the behaviour that is associated with bullying which is a major problem with our youth.
Yep. Bread and circuses.
Ya know what ... I'm done with this thread. I simply stated an opionion and now you, manc, and trisham are twisting the entire conversation beyond recognition. Have at it.
I take it that reading comprehension isn't your area of expertise.
If you go back and read what I wrote, you will see that I never said you were a troll.
Duly noted.
Are you aware that Hezbollah and Hamas do a lot of charity work in order to further their agendas of furthering radical Islam, imposing shari'a law and recruiting jihadist terrorists? Does their charity make their agendas right?
Are you aware that George Soros does a lot of charity work in various nations before he moves in for the kill to destroy their currency and economy? Does his charity make his economic destruction right?
But who really cares, Ellen is gay, so Ellen is EVIL.
No one is saying that. We are saying that Penney's is promoting homosexuality as a positive value to the American families who heretofore have provided most of its profits, and we resent it. There's no hating in that, just resentment of being labled the "haters" because we do not want our children indoctrinated against the Christian value system we are trying to raise them with, and which, by the way, undergirded the writing of our Founding documents which have built the freedoms American has stood for until recently.
The Founders recognized the importance of the natural family and of traditional Judeo-Christian marriage in building a society that can support Republican freedoms. Homosexual promotion is a direct assault on the freedoms promised to a virtuous people. Now, virtue is "hate" and sin is politically correct.
Do a little research here:
Gay Marriage vs. American Marriage
by Kay Hymowitz | City Journal Vol. 14, No. 3
“I doubt it, they are more likely to be influenced by the behaviour of adults who attack what appears to be an otherwise positive person for a single flaw. That is the behaviour that is associated with bullying which is a major problem with our youth.”
Wow! What a post. Where do I begin???
Children & teens are certainly apt to be influenced by the ADULTS who are endorsing this “spokesperson” because her entire identity is associated with gay rights.
You can claim that she is an otherwise positive person with a single flaw, but we aren’t talking about a flaw as in she wears tacky clothes or has a big butt. SHE LIVES AN IMMORAL, SEXUALLY PERVERSE LIFESTYLE.
What’s with your pro-homo agenda? Have you not read Jim Rob’s statement that FR is a pro-life, pro-family forum??
Yep. I did the same thing to Target when the gays in its headquarters forced them to push the Salvation Army buckets away from their stores at Christmas time. Have only been back twice in 10 years -- to return gifts.
Scary how some can be taken in by Hollywood homosexuals, and those that promote and hire them. Their propaganda monopoly is powerful.
So as long as Ellen is “nice”, while promoting her sexual preferences and “nice” while calling these Mom’s HATERS, we can’t say anything lest we be called BULLIES.
Wow, upside down world we live in.
Now you are saying that because television (which parents have every right and duty to restrict) is pushing homosexuality to children, Penney's is exempt from criticism for doing the same? Isn't that "reasoning" a little circular?
Secondly, bullying goes on all the time among every group of people. I am a grown woman with a massive Celtic temper to keep a reign on, yet I have been bullied at work by another woman who must be blowing more than smoke in our boss's direction. "Bullying" is one of the sinister Trojan Horse code words that enable ass jockeys to fling guilt along with poo at decent people who do not want their children's safety to hinge on homosexuality. Plenty of straight kids get bullied, sometimes to the point of suicide, but that has never been a federally-funded campaign to endorse the teaching of sex mechanics in kindergarten like the ostensible gay bullying has been.
Further, these stats about gay kids committing suicide because of homophobia need to be examined more closely. Social maladjustment of all kinds tempts teens to commit suicide. Before the suicide, troubled youths often turn to various kinds of high-risk behaviors to try to self-medicate their depression with the adrenaline produced in their system when they push the boundaries. It is more likely that homosexuality is a symptom of coping with depression, than that suicide is a result of homophobia.
Agreed. See post 218.
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