Anti abortion ad to air during Super Bowl

[Corkey]

Actually I wrote along with my signing of the petition a lengthy letter to CBS explaining that I am boycotting their sponsors and all of their shows, including NCIS,( love that show btw) and that I am letting all of my network friends know of my boycott and asking them to do the same. Granted not much, but at least I am standing up for what is right. Yes I am watching the SB but like Toughy will leave the room at half time, if that is when that fricking ad is showing. Ours is a brand new 40" flat screen and there is no way in hell I'm throwing anything at it.

[owen4u1904]

Originally Posted by IttyBittyFem

HOW DARE THEY!!!!!

I truly believe their minds would change should something (unfortunately) happen to one of their children. Say for example, one of their children was a victim of a violent rape. Would they condone that pregnancy? What if it was incest? What if it the pregnancy threatened the life of the birth mother?

How DARE anyone believe they have the right to tell me (or anyone else) what to do with my own body? They have NO RIGHT dammit.

Shame shame shame on anyone that financially benefits from this. And the Super Bowl no less. It takes alot to get me to the point where I verbally express my anger, however, when I do, I have the ability to chew you up and spit you out into the gutter you crawled out from. I know NO fear. This topic is so irritating to me that I don't believe I could physically be in the company of anyone that feels so strongly they have the right to tell a complete stranger what to do with their own bodies.

I very much agree with you on all this. I am a person who did the adoption thing, but it was very hard emotionally. With having my adoption I fully support pro choice. I do not like abortion, but I am not going to tell someone else to do with their body for the reasons you stated above. What if it was a rape, what if the mother would be hurt in the pregnancy process? And then you have to think about just not the baby though. What if a year after the person who gave their child up for adoption got so depressed because they was told to not have an abortion and do something they should not do. I know it is not something good to think about, but its the truth. I will argue this point till the end of time and I will speak it loud and clear too.

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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oNWi8fXOfg&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube- Raging Grannies Rip CBS Anti-Choice Super Bowl Ad[/ame]

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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utcxpuHF7jg"]YouTube- Sean James and Al Joyner respond to the Tebow Super Bowl ad[/ame]

[Queerasfck]

Sometimes, just to amuse myself I will listen to Dr. Laura Schlessinger. I don't listen that often or that long because I am just listening to Sirus radio in my gf's car, so I'm usually on a quick errand. Even though I haven't listened all that much I can pretty much predict her answers for a mulitude of senarios. Today, inbetween helping someone decide if they should take their eight and nine year olds to a Bon Jovi concert (no, they shouldn't get to go--second hand smoke from marijuana) and advising someone if they should disown their sister (yes, you should if she continually rains on your parade) she raved about how much she loved CBS for running the Focus on the Family ad. She's so annoying.......

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There's a new Super Bowl surprise from Focus on the Family: a second ad.

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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abzJpxTjzZ0"]YouTube- Cecile Richards Responds to the Tebow Ad[/ame]

[Write14u]

Let me throw a few last thoughts out there before the big game.
First, as I already checked in, I'm very much pro-choice. I'm not in favor of abortions, but I firmly believe women should have the choice regarding their bodies.

My roommate and I (he also is a sports junkie who works at a newspaper) have also been debating this issue throughout the week.

Then, a great friend of mine pointed me to this column from a sports columnist I definitely respect. As I read through it, my thoughts were going everywhere. I was like WTF are you doing defending this ad. But the column made me think. And in the end, I couldn't disagree with what Sally wrote.

Because here's the deal about Tim Tebow: He is not an in-your-face evangelist. He never approached the media about his trips to the Phillipines. He simply was asked at SEC media days (I was there) what he did over the summer. Boom! Media jumped on it, great story. Then the following year, he was asked about his celibacy. Yes, Tebow appears to be too good to be true.
But here's the thing. People are always harping on pro athletes to be better role models? Why? Because whether they want it, kids still emulate them.
I don't agree with this ad at all, but Tim Tebow as a role model is something I'll support any day.
I agree with telling kids about condoms and making them available because they will experiment. But I also don't see any problem with one guy that is revered saying, "Hey, it's not a bad thing to wait." Maybe one or two guys or girls will wait because of it. Maybe then there will be less people having to make that hard choice about abortion.

This ad leaves me feeling very torn, but in the end, I've come to realize that one guy standing up for abstinence isn't a bad thing in this world. There are a lot of pro athletes doing great things with charity foundations, but they're always overshadowed by the jerks and thugs. This is one guy who is a good role model and he's out there in the spotlight for a minute.

I would hope that CBS would broaden its thoughts some, but don't foresee it happening. I won't be boycotting the Super Bowl over this one ad, however. I don't think one 30-second ad (which is airing in the first quarter, btw Toughy), or even two of them, will influence that many people to change their minds.

I still don't like this ad, but Dean made a good point. Sometimes you bring more attention to something than is deserved. Because of the hoopla, yes there will be more people watching this ad.

My humble 2 cents.

Originally Posted by Bob

Usually, when I want the opinion of a multiply-concussed, bible-thumping, former college football star, I go down to the local Jiffy-Lube.

Speaking up or answering questions when asked or wearing visible eye-black in support of his faith does not make Tebow a bible thumper. Believe me. I know allllll about bible thumpers. Grew up among them.

Originally Posted by Legendryder

Well, I just read that ole' Tim blew it with the Pro Scouts. He is what I always thought he was, a college football player. He does NOT have the skills to make it in the pro game, and never has. If you can't take a snap from center, you are not gonna get to the big show. The scouts did give a wonderful eye roll at his "talent" however.

Funny thing is this: If I had to put my money on ONE person to make it, I'd put it on this kid. His determination in unbelievable. Bottom line is he is a winner. Besides, the NFL is shock full of guys who were initially written off by the NFL or drafted low: Joe Montana, Kurt Warner, Tom Brady. Those names ring a bell?

[Write14u]

*bump*
I'm curious about people's opinion with the event just an hour-plus away.

[IttyBittyFem]

Originally Posted by rbentley1904

I very much agree with you on all this. I am a person who did the adoption thing, but it was very hard emotionally. With having my adoption I fully support pro choice. I do not like abortion, but I am not going to tell someone else to do with their body for the reasons you stated above. What if it was a rape, what if the mother would be hurt in the pregnancy process? And then you have to think about just not the baby though. What if a year after the person who gave their child up for adoption got so depressed because they was told to not have an abortion and do something they should not do. I know it is not something good to think about, but its the truth. I will argue this point till the end of time and I will speak it loud and clear too.

Thank you so much for writing this. I AM an adoptive parent also. I adopted my identical boys 23 years ago at birth.

HOWEVER, as a victim of a BRUTAL rape, I feel VERY STRONGLY that every woman has the choice to do what she wants to do to her body.

I often wonder if any of these people who so strongly believe they have a right to tell other people what to do with their own bodies have every been, or had a very close loved one brutally raped. Would they want that victim to go through an entire pregnancy carrying a child from a rape that practically KILLED them?

I acknowledge how blessed I am for the opportunity to adopt my two sons. Their birth mother made her choice, hence, I have the opportunity to now be a mother.

And one more thing - I'm not so sure how I would feel about going through a pregnancy resulting from a brutal rape (by 3 men) and then giving that child up for adoption. If these sick men passed their brutal genes on to the child, what type of person would they turn out to be? Perhaps it wouldn't have effected that child at all, however, what if it did?

[Andrew, Jr.]

I thought the ad was weak. I had no clue it was actually about pro-life. I thought it was about Timmy Tebow being a Heisman Trophy winner, and a Univ. of Florida star QB. I thought maybe it had to do with a new medicine for hyperactivity. Go figure.

[Write14u]

One last note to wrap up this thread, perhaps.
The Tebow ad ranked 73/73 for viewership for the Super Bowl.
In case you were wondering. LOL
Not sure how the rankings went, but here is a blog with the results.