Super Bowl abortion ad
Anyone in the US who is at all interested in football has probably heard about the Focus on the Family anti-abortion ad starring Tim Tebow and his mother that is set to air during the Super Bowl. What hasn't been so well-publicized is the family interest in prosletyzing<
What is the end? It's not just stopping abortions. Tebow wants to convert people, like his father does in Muslim areas of the Philippines. Until now, he's been subtle in his outreach, pushing his message gently, painting "PHIL 4:13" and "JOHN 3:16" and "MARK 8:36" in his eye black—an ingenious touch that prods even the most degenerate couch potato into Googling Bible verses out of curiosity. This Super Bowl commercial represents a new strategy for Tebow Inc.—one that's more confrontational and also much more in keeping with the family's ultraconservative roots.

Also, many women with placental abruptions like Mrs. Tebow's aren't quite so lucky. (One of my cousins had an abruption and almost died.)

(Links go to Slate.)

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queencallipygos
2010-02-04 05:06 am UTC (link)

Ah, but there's a very good way to undercut what they're trying to do.

(Camera comes up on a professional-looking young woman sitting at a desk or something)

"Good evening. By now you've seen Mrs. Tebow's ad about how she chose to carry her son Tim to term. Even though doctors told her not to, she chose to ignore there advice, and they complied with her wishes.

"So, let me ask you -- isn't it a good thing that she was free to make a choice about what she wanted, rather than being forced to do what someone else thought was right?"

(She smiles sweetly at the camera as a caption appears underneath: "Brought to you by the THINK ABOUT IT, PEOPLE! Foundation")

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	cygnia 2010-02-04 05:14 am UTC (link)
	Ah, but there's a very good way to undercut what they're trying to do. Only if CBS is willing to sell the ad space. And something tells me even if we'd double what the Focus Fundies paid for, they'd still not air it. :( (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tez 2010-02-04 06:43 am UTC (link)
	My kingdom for the ability to blast this all over creation. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mmanurere 2010-02-04 07:06 am UTC (link)
	"Issue ads" are only allowed during the Super Bowl when they're right-wing. The United Church of Christ had an ad turned down a couple of years ago because it went so far as to imply that gay couples wouldn't be thrown out of the church. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cleolinda 2010-02-04 03:33 pm UTC (link)
	Funny you should mention that: http://jezebel.com/5463298/tebow-response-video-we-celebrate-familiesby-trusting-women (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	inalasahl 2010-02-04 06:40 pm UTC (link)
	I'd like to see Planned Parenthood try to buy ad space during the Superbowl for it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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