Former Apple head of retail Ron Johnson, now CEO of JC Penney, has had to defend one of his first decisions in the face of an online campaign to force the company to abandon its new spokesperson, comic and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. Accusing the company of "jumping on the pro-gay bandwagon" by hiring DeGeneres, who is an open lesbian, the 40,000-member group "One Million Moms" posted a note on Facebook and called on its members to call the retail chain.
