“First of all, being gay or pro-gay is not a bandwagon. You don’t get a free ride anywhere, there’s no music and occasionally we will sing ‘We are family’, but that’s about it. Secondly, they said a majority of the JC Penney shoppers will be offended and not shop there anymore. I would like to read just a few comments from the Million Moms Facebook page, this is on their page. And not that there’s anyone counting but for a group that calls themselves the Million Moms, they only have 40,000 members on their page. So… they’re rounding to the nearest million and I get that. Anyway here’s some of the comments that people have written on their Facebook page, the first one is: ‘Love Ellen and everything she stands for. I’m going to shop there more now!’ Then, here’s another one: ‘Guess I have to start shopping at JC Penney now.’ Here’s another one: ‘Way to go JC Penney for not giving in to bullies. Stand your ground.’ And then, finally: ‘I am a Christian and part of a traditional family and I support Ellen and now JC Penney!!!!’ I wanna… I usually don’t talk about stuff like this on my show but I really wanna thank everyone who is supporting me, and if you don’t know me very well if your just watching maybe for the first time or if you’re just getting to know me I want to be clear, and here are the values that I stand for: I stand for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you wanna be treated, and helping those in need. To me those are traditional values, that is what I stand for.” - Ellen Degeneres.