Just one day afterwards Fox News analyst Bill O'Reilly dedicated DeGeneres, a added acceptable apostle has appear advanced on the comedian's behalf: JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson.
Johnson, who declared already afresh that his aggregation "shares the aforementioned values" as DeGeneres, batten to "CBS This Morning" about an online avoid of his Texas-based retail alternation by anti-gay accumulation One Million Moms, a analysis of the American Family Association, who say they wish the allocution appearance host accursed because she is a lesbian.
"We don't attending at it like a controversy," he said. "One of the abundant things about America is humans can allege their mind. And you know, the alignment that believes one affair has announced and it was abundant to see Ellen allotment her angle yesterday. And we angle absolutely abaft Ellen as our spokesperson, and that's a abundant thing. Because she shares the aforementioned ethics that we do in our company. Our aggregation was founded 110 years ago on The Golden Rule, which is about alleviative humans fair and square, just like you would like to be advised yourself."
Before calling DeGeneres' hiring as a "no-brainer," Johnson concluded, "We anticipate Ellen represents the ethics of our aggregation and the ethics that we share."
On her own appearance yesterday, DeGeneres thanked the retail aperture for continuing by her admitting the protest. "Here are the ethics I angle for: I angle for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, alleviative humans the way you'd wish to be advised and allowance those in need," she said. "To me, those are acceptable values. That's what I angle for." She aswell thanked O'Reilly for his support, noting, "You didn't absolutely accomplish it bright if you were traveling to boutique at JC Penney or not, but if you do, you can use my agent abatement any time you want."
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