One of the objectives of this blog is to support the rights of LGBT citizens and also to expose hypocrisy be it in politics, religion or sometimes even in LGBT organizations. One of the biggest groups of hypocrites one sees nowadays is the hate filled and fear and bigotry motivated members of the so-called Christian Right - individuals I often refer to as Christianists or Christofascists so as to distinguish them from the "good Christians" if you will. An example of their hypocrisy invokes boycotts of businesses. When some supporters of Proposition 8 for example had their businesses boycotted or picketed by LGBT activists, the Christofascist claimed that they were being persecuted and intimidated. But these same people have no problem in trying to threaten and intimidate businesses that do not conform to the Christianist anti-gay agenda. Among those who almost constantly call for their Kool-Aid drinking followers to boycott gay friendly businesses are the American Family Association, a registered hate group, the National Organization for marriage, and of late the "One Million Moms" which more likely involves a handful of women who might be better described as bitches or shrews.
One of the latest targets of the anti-gay agenda of these modern day Pharisees is JC Penney which ran the ad set out above in their Father's Day catalog. This cad campaign followed Penny's signing of Ellen Degeneres as a spokeswoman. When confronted by the forces of hate and bigotry, JC Penney's basically told the bigots to kiss their ass. And some sources suggest that the company went a step further and blogged e-mails coming from the One Million Bitches webpage.
Sum of Us has put together a webpage where a message of support can be sent to JC Penney thanking the company for its refusal to back down in the face of demands from bigots who despise the constitutional rights to freedom of religion and free speech for anyone except themselves. Consider signing the letter here. Better yet, go shop and JC Penney.
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