Super Bowl Sunday is approaching and this year it seems that the commercials are garnering more attention than the game itself. Focus on the Family is sponsoring an ad this year that stars Tim Tebow and his mom, Pam Tebow.
I don't know what is in the ad, but from all reports, it is a celebration of family and of the decision that Pam made not to abort him when she was being urged by her doctors to do so, due to her illness and the drugs she was taking that could have possibly caused birth defects.
The rumor mill of what the ad contains has created a firestorm in the media and among the "pro-choice" crowd who has issued demands that CBS censor it. Isn't it ironic to see people who present themselves as "pro-choice" get upset when someone exercises a choice to keep her baby. CBS has invited the protesters to run their own ad, but so far has no takers. They just want to squelch the Christian, pro-life message.
My question is, "If they are really "pro-choice", then one of those choices has to be to keep the baby by not aborting him. So why all the ruckus?"
Well said ! They never want to talk about that possible choice.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree! However, if they hadn't made all the ruckus, the commercial may have gone by without all of this attention. It has given the pro-"choice" movement the chance to show their true colors.
ReplyDeleteI found this editorial by the New York Times a bit of a surprise but an "OK" statement.
ReplyDeleteJanuary 31, 2010
The National Organization for Women, NARAL Pro-Choice America and other voices for protecting women’s reproductive freedom have called on CBS to yank it. Their protest is puzzling and dismaying.
A letter sent to CBS by the Women’s Media Center and other groups argues that the commercial “uses one family’s story to dictate morality to the American public, and encourages young women to disregard medical advice, putting their lives at risk” — a lame attempt to portray the ad as life-threatening. Others argue that even a mild discussion of such a divisive issue has no place in the marketing extravaganza known as the Super Bowl.
The would-be censors are on the wrong track. Instead of trying to silence an opponent, advocates for allowing women to make their own decisions about whether to have a child should be using the Super Bowl spotlight to convey what their movement is all about: protecting the right of women like Pam Tebow to make their private reproductive choices.
CBS was right to change its policy of rejecting paid advocacy commercials from groups other than political candidates. After the network screens ads for accuracy and taste, viewers can watch and judge for themselves. Or they can get up from the couch and get a sandwich.