In a totally hypocritical (but altogether non-surprising) stance, various women’s groups are up in arms over a commercial that will be airing during the Super Bowl. What, you ask, could possibly get these ladies’ dander up? Oh, it must be the perennial paragon of sexual crassness, GoDaddy.com. Or maybe another stereotypical Bud Light commercial where every girl’s brain has been traded in for a larger cup size. Actually, it’s neither of them. What these perpetual guardians of female equality are having a hissy-fit over is the Tim Tebow commercial. The St Petersburg Times reports that these women’s groups can’t stand that this commercial actually tells of how Tebow’s mother decided to give birth to her son. The nerve!
“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 Jehmu Greene, president of the New York-based Women’s Media Center.
The center was coordinating the protest with backing from the National Organization for Women, the Feminist Majority and other groups.
The ad – paid for by the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family – is expected to recount the story of Pam Tebow’s pregnancy in 1987 with a theme of “Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life.” After getting sick during a mission trip to the Philippines, she ignored a recommendation by doctors to abort her fifth child and gave birth to Tim, who went on to win the 2007 Heisman Trophy while helping his Florida team to two BCS championships.
“I know some people won’t agree with it, but I think they can at least respect that I stand up for what I believe,” Tebow said. “I’ve always been very convicted of it (his views on abortion) because that’s the reason I’m here, because my mom was a very courageous woman. So any way that I could help, I would do it.”
I can see them fuming at that one–how dare he imply that those who get abortions are not courageous! But wait, there’s more!
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.
Terry O’Neill, the president of the National Organization for Women, said she had respect for the private choices made by women such as Pam Tebow but condemned the planned ad as “extraordinarily offensive and demeaning.”
Seriously, that’s just sad. Does anyone hear NOW or any other liberal women’s groups protesting the commercials of the companies I mentioned earlier? I don’t think so. Don’t forget–these females (I hesitate to call them ladies again) haven’t even seen the commercial or read the script. Let’s hear it for open-mindedness.


















































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