Ellen DeGeneres ‘Happy’ Prop. 8 Overturned, Responds To Boycott Efforts Of One Million Moms

"I'm sure the people who oppose it will try to appeal it, but it's a step in the right direction, so I'm happy," said DeGeneres, who married wife Portia De Rossi in August 2008, during the roughly five-month span same-sex marriages were legal in the Golden State.

DeGeneres then addressed the recent uproar from a conservative group called One Million Moms, who've called a boycott of JC Penney -- after the department store signed her to an endorsement deal -- on the grounds that she is gay.

"Normally I try not to pay attention to my haters, but this time I'd like to talk about it because my haters are my motivators," she said. “This organization doesn't think I should be the spokesperson because I'm gay. For those of you who are just tuning in for the first time, it's true: I'm gay. I hope you were sitting down.

She continued, "They wanted to get me fired and I'm proud and happy to say that JC Penney stuck by their decision to make me their spokesperson.

She said the controversy continued into last week, when One Million Moms posted the following message on their Facebook page:

"By jumping on the pro-gay bandwagon, JC Penney is attempting to gain a new target market and in the process will lose customers with traditional values that have been faithful to them over all these years. The majority of JC Penney shoppers will be offended and choose to no longer shop there."

DeGeneres concluded, "I usually don't talk about stuff like this on my show but I really want to thank everyone who is supporting me. If you don't know me very well. If you're just watching maybe for the first time or you're just getting to know me, I want to be clear ...

"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!"