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In Case You Missed It

Since Rachel’s talking about Super Bowl ads today, here’s a look at the “offensive” and “demeaning” pro-life commercial starring Tim Tebow and his mom. Kind of makes you wonder what all the fury was about, doesn’t it?


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I’m not sure what all the fuss was about either. They got more attention before the Superbowl then they did during or after. I just about missed it and didn’t realize it was that particular commercial until it was over. I suppose if people went to the website they listed, they would learn more. They didn’t really explain their purpose during the commercial which I thought was odd and unfortunate. That being said,  it was the most decent commercial of the evening! We had to keep changing the channel during the commercials while our 3 year old was still awake.

 

I think it ended up showing how out there and rabid the abortion lobby is.  The bile that was spewed in anticipation of this ultimately very innocuous piece of fluff (ala olympic “human interest” segments we’ll soon be seeing) probably did more for the pro-life cause than an in your face ad would have.

 

Definitely, not much to worry about here. This ad was much better than the GoDaddy.com ads, that’s for sure! LOL!

Maureen: I agree with “it ended up showing how out there and rabid the abortion lobby is.” I even saw such comments on friends’ facebook pages. It made me think, “Wow! I have this many friends who think this way? Sad.” I changed my status to “What’s so wrong with respect for LIFE?” Yeah, didn’t get much fight from that - and I usually get several comments on my statuses….

 

I was disappointed that it was so low-key.  I was expecting them to tell the story about how she was told her baby would have severe deformities and that she should abort, and how she chose life instead and gave birth to a perfectly healthy baby boy.

But, I guess it did cause such a stir before-hand, that the story got out somewhat anyhow.

 

They can’t even admit they were wrong now:

NOW president Terry O’Neill said it glorified violence against women. “I am blown away at the celebration of the violence against women in it,” she said. “That’s what comes across to me even more strongly than the anti-abortion message. I myself am a survivor of domestic violence, and I don’t find it charming. I think CBS should be ashamed of itself.”

 

what the heck commercial did she watch?  that is the most insane, unrelated to the actual ad comment i’ve ever heard.

bizzare!

 

If they’re so upset about the Tebow ad I sure hope that they’re protesting against this Snickers ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEH1omnG77c….violence against women, men and the elderly!!!!  Geez!

 

Tim Tebow is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Enough said.  smile

 

Glad they aired it, sad it was not done better.  It was very weak in content and what the point was.  It sounded to me like a pro health commercial, nothing wrong with that, just not didn’t have much of a point in my opinion.  I personally thought the tackle was cheesy!

 

People had a problem with THAT!?  I’m a bit miffed that none of the details of their story were divulged.  You have such a large audience and yet you do not even mention how his life was in danger?  Personally, I think Focus on the Family was a bit weak here.  Maybe now, however, people will realize just how extreme the so-called feminists at NOW and PP are.

 

LOL! The pro-aborts did more for the cause of life with the furor they created than that mild commercial! They only showed how anti-life they really are. I thought the tackle was cute and in keeping with the secular expectations of SB commercials.

 

If you didn’t know the intent was pro-life, I don’t think the commercial tells you.  As far as the tackle being “violence againest women” maybe the woman who said that never had children or at least children who played.

 

After finally watching the ad, I was severly disappointed.  They really missed an opportunity to put forth a powerful ad that so many people were keen on seeing.  It was so subtle, that if you hadn’t heard the story previously, you wouldn’t have an idea what their message was.  At least the controversy pre-commercial airing did a good job of pointing out the hypocrisy of the “pro-choice” crowd. 
I really wish it had been a Catholic Vote Action commercial.  They always make powerful beautiful pro-life commercials with a clear message.

 

While it was pretty light on content, I felt that the commercial was appropriate and really, all the pro-life work was done *before* it showed for the Super Bowl!  NOW coming back and saying that it glorifies domestic violence is like the lame comeback a bully pulls out after being put in his place. 
I saw the commercial and thought, “really?”  That’s what NOW and the pro-aborts have their panties in a wad about?  How silly.

 

I actually DID miss it. I was trying to watch for it but it must have aired during one of the times I blinked =P I had to look it up online and when I finally saw it thought to myself “Oh…that’s IT?” It was nice but…I feel like it could have been better. Could have told the story better.

 

I too was disappointed with how weak the commercial came off—BUT, given the furor this ad drew, I wonder if anything more pointed would have been shown at all. In the end, the stupidity of pro-aborts made the message very clear. I bet a lot of people found out the rest of the story after seeing the ad and saying, “What’s all the fuss about?”

 

The problem with this is that unless you are prolife or antilife you probably didn’t hear too many ramblings before the game over this ad.  It really missed a great opportunity to catch the hearts of MANY people out there who are relativistic in their minds and the teens, college age youth, etc..  We have truly become a weak nation, afraid to say much for the sake of everyone.  I wish Focus on the Family would have been more creative at airing a super bowl ad than this!

 

Woman is tackled by her Heisman trophy winning son, gets up without skipping a beat and gently chides him for interrupting her, and they call that glorifying domestic violence. All I see is one tough Mama.

I’m glad the ad was so mild.  I agree with those above who point out the pro-aborts’ rabid reaction to anything hinting that “choice” might actually mean letting your baby live.  The bottom line for them is that all pro-life speech must be squelched, so when a pro-life group takes out air time during the most watched TV show of winter, they have to stop it.  Or try to, anyway. 

While true that many people may not have heard the controversy surrounding the ad, many of them may have been in a social setting with others who have.  I’ll bet the conversations following the ad were interesting, and since the ad was so mild, the vast majority of folks would agree that there was nothing offensive requiring censoring.  Score one for the pro-life movement.

 

Michelle said, “All I see is one tough Mama.”

The best part of the ad was the end, when she said to her son that yes, she still worried about him—“you’re not nearly as tough as I am.” And listening to her story, I think I believe her. It’s a witness to strong women that I found appealing.

 

I think all of us who were wishing for a more powerful ad might be forgetting last year’s attempt. Do you remember the ad “Life, imagine the potential?” highlighting the birth of President Obama, featuring a sonogram image? It wasn’t approved by the network, and didn’t air even though the money was there to pay for it.
I think Focus on the Family did the right thing here. Totally innocuous ad, no reason for the newtork to reject it, and all the buzz and hysteria before it aired, getting the real message out. To me, it was the perfect way to work the imperfect system. Yes, they could have had a more powerful ad, but it would have never gotten aired so who would have won then? I think the pre-air debate spoke volumes about the so-called “pro-choice” position revealing it to really be pro-death, not honoring a mother’s choice to give life. Even some left-leaning columnists called them on this, now that’s what I call a powerful ad.

 

The ad itself is definitely tame! smile

The only thing that confuses me about the whole Tim Tebow story is that they were in the Philippines - where abortion has been illegal since 1930…so why would someone there tell them to get an abortion?

 

Euthanasia is still (mostly) illegal here but doctors and nurses still advise and perform it sometimes. Even more so, I dare say, with abortion before Roe v. Wade. Its illegality did not prevent its practice. Same would be true, I suppose, in other countries.


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