Ellen answers, watch the video below.

A group which dubs itself One Million Moms is furious with JC Penney for hiring Ellen Degeneres as a spokesperson.

One Million Moms wrote about its discontent on its website, according to MSNBC.

"Funny that JC Penney thinks hiring an open homosexual spokesperson will help their business when most of their customers are traditional families. DeGeneres is not a true representation of the type of families that shop at their store. The majority of JC Penney shoppers will be offended and choose to no longer shop there."

They added that JC Penney has jumped on the pro-gay bandwagon.

Ellen answers, watch the video below.

E! Online reveals:

After reading the group's statement to the audience, DeGeneres said, "First of all, being gay or pro-gay isn't a bandwagon. You don't get a free ride anywhere. There's no music. And occasionally we'll sing 'We Are Family' but that's about it."

"Secondly, they said a majority of JCPenney shoppers will be offended and not shop there anymore. I'd 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 a Million Moms, they only have 40,000 members on their page. So they're rounding up to the nearest million and I get that."

A few of the comments read, "Love Ellen and everything she stands for. I'm going to shop there more now!" and "Way to go JCPenney for not giving in to bullies. Stand your ground," which DeGeneres also read to the audience.

"I usually don't talk about stuff like this on my show, but I really want to thank everyone who is supporting me," DeGeneres went on. "Here are the values I stand for. I stand for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you'd want to be treated and helping those in need.To me, those are traditional values. That's what I stand for…I also believe in dance."

The show is scheduled to air Wednesday February 8.

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