{"id":3685,"date":"2012-07-18T15:39:49","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T14:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=3685"},"modified":"2012-08-03T20:48:20","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T19:48:20","slug":"company-wrecked-by-gay-marriage-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/company-wrecked-by-gay-marriage-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Wrecked by Gay Marriage Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3686\" style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Ellen-DeGeneres.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3686\" title=\"Ellen DeGeneres\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Ellen-DeGeneres-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Ellen-DeGeneres-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Ellen-DeGeneres.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gay &#8216;marriage&#8217; supporter Ellen DeGeneres was made the spokesperson for JCP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>J.C. Penney stock has crashed following news of gay \u2018marriage\u2019 support.<\/p>\n<p>Since February when the company made homosexual activist Ellen DeGeneres its new spokesperson, their stock has dropped 50%, achieving what is known as \u2018junk\u2019 status.<\/p>\n<p>In February stock was at $41.32\/share, while this month it is selling at $20.02\/share.<\/p>\n<p>The destruction of the company is attributable both to prayer and to the boycott campaign among those who were offended by the company\u2019s pro-homosexual posturing, particularly the American Family Association\u2019s advocacy group OneMillionMoms.com.<\/p>\n<p>In February Monica Cole, director of OneMillionMoms, predicted that Penney\u2019s campaign might backfire since only an estimated 1.7 percent of the population is homosexual. (See \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/onenewsnow.com\/Business\/Default.aspx?id=1528484\">Family group challenges retailer&#8217;s use of lesbian icon.<\/a>\u2019)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than build on the faith-based traditions of founder James Cash Penney,\u201d the AFA commented in <a href=\"http:\/\/action.afa.net\/Detail.aspx?id=2147524240\">a press release yesterday<\/a>, \u201cJohnson has abandoned family values and taken the company into a financial tailspin by embracing social activism. Families are the backbone of Penney&#8217;s existence. As long as it pushes homosexual marriage, families will go elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The AFA press release gave the following snapshot of the company since its same-sex \u2018marriage\u2019 crusade:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table width=\"500\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>February 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>May 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>\u00a0June 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>July 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">JCP announces Ellen DeGeneres as their new spokesperson.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">JCP launches catalog ad featuring two &#8220;gay&#8221; moms.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">JCP launches catalog ad featuring two &#8220;gay&#8221; dads.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">JCP stock rated &#8220;junk&#8221; by S&amp;P. JCP fires marketing exec.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Stock price:<br \/>\n<strong>$41.32<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Stock price falls to\u00a0<strong>$35.67<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Stock price falls to\u00a0<strong>$25.83<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Stock price falls to\u00a0<strong>$20.02<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Join Christian Voice today and stand up for righteousness in the land:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Join Christian Voice\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?page_id=1003\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Join Christian Voice Today!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/join_today_button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><input type=\"image\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/GB\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" alt=\"PayPal \u2014 The safer, easier way to pay online.\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J.C. Penney stock has crashed following news of gay \u2018marriage\u2019 support. Since February when the company made homosexual activist Ellen DeGeneres its new spokesperson, their stock has dropped 50%, achieving what is known as \u2018junk\u2019 status. In February stock was at $41.32\/share, while this month it is selling at $20.02\/share. The destruction of the company [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[234,375,372,371,374,373],"class_list":["post-3685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homosexuality-trans","tag-gay-marriage","tag-american-family-association","tag-ellen-degeneres","tag-j-c-penneys","tag-monica-cole","tag-onemillionmoms"],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Robin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/author\/robin\/"},"rttpg_comment":10,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/category\/homosexuality-trans\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Homosexuality &amp; Trans<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"J.C. Penney stock has crashed following news of gay \u2018marriage\u2019 support. Since February when the company made homosexual activist Ellen DeGeneres its new spokesperson, their stock has dropped 50%, achieving what is known as \u2018junk\u2019 status. In February stock was at $41.32\/share, while this month it is selling at $20.02\/share. 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