Lucky for me I never watch the Super Bowl, so I won’t have to suffer through CBS’s decision to air an anti-choice Focus on the Family commercial starring Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow and his mom who talks about how her faith guided her choice to carry Tebow to term instead of the abortion she was advised to get. USA is having a Law & Order SVU marathon that day, right?
Michael Rowe writes on the Huffington Post that beyond Focus on the Family’s message is the hypocrisy in CBS’s decision. Back in 2004, CBS rejected United Church of Christ ads featuring a gay couple being denied entrance into a church with the tagline: “Jesus didn’t turn people away. Neither do we.” CBS explained that they didn’t want advertising that advocates for an issue of public importance.
Even though I don’t think abortion should be a public issue (my uterus is not open for debate), abortion rights is a public issue like gay rights. Perhaps, 2004 was so long ago that CBS forgot their advertising policies? Or as Rowe says:
Maybe it all comes down to who can cough up the biggest bucks to push their message on CBS and the other networks, the inclusive church whose message was, “Christ didn’t turn anyone away and neither do we” or the evangelical activist conglomerate whose message is, “We turn people away all the time. Please send money because the liberals and the feminists and the gays are ruining America.”
Yeah, I’m definitely holding out for the SVU marathon.
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