Women's groups urge CBS to drop Tebow Super Bowl ad
A national coalition of women's groups called on CBS on Monday to scrap its plan to broadcast an ad during the Super Bowl featuring college football star Tim Tebow and his mother, which critics say is likely to convey an anti-abortion message."An ad that uses sports to divide rather than to unite has no place in the biggest national sports event of the year -- an event designed to bring Americans together," said Jemhu Greene, president of the New York-based Women's Media Center.
One would think that women's groups would be more interested in trying to rid the advertising world of ads that have women dancing around in bikinis to sell, not bikinis, but internet service providers. Alas, no. They have other concerns:
The protest letter from the Women's Media Center suggested that CBS should have turned down the ad in part because it was conceived by Focus on the Family.
"By offering one of the most coveted advertising spots of the year to an anti-equality, anti-choice, homophobic organization, CBS is aligning itself with a political stance that will damage its reputation, alienate viewers, and discourage consumers from supporting its shows and advertisers," the letter said.
Oh, please. Has the Women's Media Center forgotten the existence of that pesky little document called the Constitution? That's why families have to suffer through ads that are not age-appropriate during the broadcast of sporting events. Honestly, I'd welcome a little more Focus on the Family and a little less Cialis during baseball and football seasons. One would think this would be a concern shared by fellow women and mothers.
But, no. Because when it comes down to it, the bottom line is always abortion. Cialis goes along with the sex free-for-all that "feminist" groups are so fond of. Having a baby, the natural consequence of sexual relations, is not what "feminist" groups are all about.
Go now. Answer the Fox Sports Poll that accompanies this article. At last check, 214,435 people have voted and 73% of the people think that CBS should run the ad.
