One Million Moms

Okay, so I know some people are very hard core Christian, and they are very supportive of the Christian movements. This is fine, I have NOTHING against that. I think that it's great that you find things that you love and work to support them.

That being said, if you don't like:
Homosexuality.
People questioning your reasoning.
Rants (even if fucking hilarious).

Then don't read this. Because A) I will be backing homosexuals. B) I will be questioning the reasoning behind this group. and C) This is a rant.

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So I've been following this development for some time, and while I should be sleeping right this second, I'm not. This is because I'm so fired up about these people and the stupid shit they do, that I need to blog about it right this second or I will explode. If you haven't heard, there is a group called One Million Moms that is attempting to incite a riot over JCPenney hiring Ellen DeGeneres to be their spokeswoman.

Why would you not want Ellen as your spokeswoman anyway?

Oh oh, you know, I can understand if some people don't like her humor. I mean yeah sometimes she's just not that funny. Like when she had someone dress up as a banana to scare Megan Fox?
Totally not funny.

Oh, and her hair? Yeah maybe not the best, perhaps that's why they don't want her speaking on behalf of JCPenney. I mean if you're going to talk on television you HAVE to have nice hair. Perhaps it's her hair.
Yeah that's it.

No...maybe it's her voice? Do we not like her voice? 
I'm running out of options here...

None of the above, actually, it's because 

Ellen DeGeneres is a lesbian. 

You know what I think? I think this group needs to rethink their name. I think instead of One Million Moms, it should be "One Million Morons." It's groups like this that make people think that all Christians are assholes. I know really nice Christian people that think these people are assholes, so maybe we just need to poke them in the asshole hard enough with a stick that says,

"STOP USING THIS AS YOUR ROLE MODEL."

After hearing about the fact that they are boycotting JCPenney merely based upon the fact that they are hiring her as a spokeswoman and that they have "Alternative Lifestyle Couples" in their magazines it's an absolute rage. It's hilarious actually. I looked at their website to see exactly what their goals are, and what they are all about- I mean what has this group done that makes them feel so righteous and self-entitled that they can take away the rights to a job merely due to someone's sexual preference?

First, I looked at their Facebook, since it was the closest and easiest access point to basic information, here was their "About" Section: 

Here's how the One Million Moms Campaign works. We inform you about a particular issue (TV network, sponsor, or station), giving you a link to a "take action" page on the website. You e-mail the responsible party. That's it!

Translation: Here's how we brainwash you into working towards our spiteful agenda. We give you a one-sided story about a particular issue that nobody should even worry about (On the TV, a sponsor, or station) giving you a link to harass the party we don't like. You just e-mail the party and flood their inbox with messages. That's it!

Then I looked at their mission statement:

Where Christian moms stand up for their children. Let your voice be heard!

Okay, so I understand that every mom wants what's best for their child. It's a given, that if their child is sick they want them to be healed, if they are hungry, to be fed, and so on. Have any of these people thought about maybe giving their children the option to decide for themselves? What I don't understand, is why it's okay to harass the gay community. Let's say suddenly, JCPenney hired an openly Christian spokeswoman- if people were to start harassing them saying "We're boycotting you because you hired a Christian!" 

Do you think that it would be deemed socially acceptable?

Likely not.

What's really sad, is a lot of these moms are going to have children that grow up, and guess what? They will be gay. There is NOTHING wrong with that! Although I'm sure they'll grow up feeling absolutely terrible about it and feel like they are the scum of the earth because they like Timmy when they "should like Sally." Which is pitiful, because they preach love and compassion for all and then pull stupid shit like this. 

After looking at their Facebook page I moved to their site, which was equally, if not more disappointing.

There are plenty of issues on there that I'm sure I would have looked at and wanted to slit my wrists for having to share a species with these people, but since I was on the topic of JCP I looked at that one.

The group talked about how recently, the JCP magazine had had ONE feature in it that was two women and their daughters. It said that Maggie was Wendi's partner, and they have daughters- Raven and Clover. 

I'm offended already. Who the fuck names their daughter CLOVER? COME ON.

And the group mentions how JCP had said they would stay neutral in the "Cultural War."

First off: Why is there this "cultural war" going on anyway? Because bitches like you have nothing better to do than start one. There wouldn't be any problems if people would just learn to accept others for who they are, instead of having that incessant need to push values on them. 

Don't like gay marriage? Don't fucking get one. 

......Ohhh but they'll go to hell! You're apparently not so who cares? 

..........Jesus said we needed to help save everyone, we are his messengers! Jesus also said to love everyone and you're choosing to ignore that one so maybe you can ignore this one too. 

There is no cultural war unless we make one. Apparently you're all bored and feel like you need to start one.  

Pick up a fucking hobby.

I hear parachuting is nice- spice it up a little and try it without the parachute! 

  Then came the issue of "Neutrality." Now when I think of neutrality I think of either representing everyone equally, or representing no one. On their site they mentioned how it was unfair that they were featuring gay people blatantly in their magazine.  

"OMM has so many issues to cover we had no choice but to move on earlier in the year but have decided to revisit this issue and speak out again. It is obvious that JCP would rather take sides than remain neutral. JCP will hear from the other side so they need to hear from us as well." 

On pages ten and eleven of that magazine they featured a gay couple. How many pages were in that magazine I wonder? Likely not three, so I'm assuming that two pages featuring homosexuality was not the majority if the magazine. Therefore, I'm going to have to agree with OMM here in saying that JCP was not neutral at all. They were obviously favoring straight couples. I mean if the rest of the magazine was all either single moms/dads and straight couples, then really they were showing a bias towards the gay community.

Oh that's not what the problem was? 

Obviously the solution to this problem is to just dress up genderless mannequins for their ads- that will solve all bias problems. 

"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!"

All I have to say to this is THANK YOU JCPenney, for not giving into these bullies, for not even listening to the crap to begin with. Just for that next time I need socks I'll be coming to you. 

"The store managers are the ones who can communicate to corporate for their customers. Managers will not want to be in the middle so when we politely express our concern to them, they should realize that they are the ones taking all the complaints and corporate is not having to answer for the decisions they are making. Managers will pass along customers’ frustrations, and their own, to corporate because they will likely get tired of their game. Managers will also have to answer to corporate for the loss in sales from traditional families, so we will give them the proof they need to back this up when we tell them we will no longer be able to shop with them until they take a neutral stand." 

Once again here you are throwing around the "neutral" word. What is neutral? Is neutral "What we decide is acceptable." ? Because if it is, that's not neutral. Personally I think that JCP is moving towards a MORE neutral stance by beginning to include the LGBTQII community. Also, loss of sales from traditional families? Are you fucking kidding? Your name is One Million Moms, and you have 47,000 people on your page. 

Then I find it absolutely hilarious that they equate the fact that quote...

"J.C. Penney is reporting a bigger-than-expected loss and plummeting profits in the first quarter and lost $163 million in the quarter ending April 28."

To THEIR boycott! They don't come right out and say that, but the comments left by members do. Give me a fucking break. We are in a shitty economy, people don't have money to spend, and employers and companies are all struggling to keep afloat. Don't be so negligent to equate our shitty economy to a successful "47,000 complaint fest about lesbians." JCPenney isn't going to shut down because YOU hate gay people. 

Why does it matter who Ellen wants to hold hands with? She's not having sex with women in the JCPenney commercials. It doesn't fucking matter! IT DOESN'T. 

  

It's obvious- The fact that Ellen Degeneres is gay- AND advertising socks (!) is going to make our children want to have a gay marriage.

The way my beautiful friend Seanna put it:

Its the gay agenda!! Don't you know if you buy socks from JCPenny's you're going to become a homo-gay-bian? omg!! End of the world!

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