Not Again! Right-Wing Group Condemns JCPenney For Same-Sex Ad

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Hey, remember that time conservative group One Million Moms went after JCPenney for hiring openly homosexual Ellen DeGeneres as its spokeswoman? If not, let's do a quick recap: the group accused JCP of 'jumping on the pro-gay bandwagon' by hiring DeGeneres, and thus turning the company's back on loyal 'traditional values' customers. Powerful people like Bill O'Reilly defended DeGeneres from the group's 'witch hunt,' and the angry moms eventually backed down and claimed they will focus on 'other issues.'

Well, it didn't take long. They've found another issue; and (surprise!) it's with JCPenney again! They write on their website:

[JCPenney's] May catalog shows they are making a strong effort otherwise. On pages ten and eleven, under the title 'Freedom of Expression,' you'll find 'Wendi and her partner Maggie and daughters' and again 'Wendi, daughters Raven and Clover, and partner Maggie' in text. In the picture both women are wearing wedding bands.

The horror! Wedding bands! On TWO females' hands!

This must mean JCPenney is taking sides in some Great Culture War, by portraying those seemingly happy homosexual couples wearing JCP clothing!

OMM continues on:

Last time OMM contacted JC Penney store managers, we were brushed off. Some even experienced in person the store manager saying 'Thank you' and walking off while their customer and our concerned members were in mid-sentence. OMM has been told that JCP corporate office told store managers to say 'Thank you' and then walk away. If they want our business, then we will not be ignored!

Yeah, I can imagine how creepy it is to work at JCPenney and have some random person with pamphlets approach you saying 'Did YOU know that JCPenney is in bed with the homo agenda?'

Look, I'm all for the free market expression of dissatisfaction with a company. So long as you don't call for government to regulate homosexual-depicting advertising, then have at it!

But, really: it's 2012. Get over it. Homosexual people exist. And they consume goods too.

(H/T Huffington Post)

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• OK, they're lesbians and yes, they wear clothes.  Maybe the conservatives believed they shared the Ferengi custom of keeping women nude.

• Didn't them doing this before help JCPenny out? And it's good of JCPenny to have the 'Thank you' and walk off as their policy. Lord knows I'd probably tear into someone that confronted me about the 'gay agenda' if I worked there.

• I just simply can't comprehend why people care.  These adults should be left alone to do as they wish.  I don't understand homosexual behavior ' except lesbians'lesbians are awesome ' any who'live and let live people.  Stop trying to tell others what to do, how much money to give, who they can and can't marry, how many people they can marry, what they can carry, eat, drink and otherwise put in their body.  If you don't like it, don't do it.

• Has anyone fact checked that 'million' number? I'm guessing it is closer to 4 malcontents.

• Once again the voice of reason.
  Ps. Lesbians are totally awesome.

• Media Matters would never do such a thing to someone conservatives like who represents their views.