Comments on: Commercial’s intent trumped by politics

By: Sparkles

Sparkles — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:12:18 +0000

Has anyone even see the gay dating service ad? It was terrible quality that looked like it belonged on television at 4AM, not the Super Bowl.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:22:54 +0000

Wrong….did you click over and watch Pam Tebow’s whole story. She never struggled with the decision to continue the pregnancy. This ad has every right to enter into the marketplace of ideas in every venue. Football is not sacred. People who watch football need this information just like they need to be entertained by beer commercial.
Why do people put ads on the back of toliet doors in the public restrooms….because that is where the people are and sit long enough to read an ad.

By: JA

JA — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:15:27 +0000

The ad was a grave misrepresentation, hundreds of women in the Philipines, where Tebow was born, die each year because not even the life of the mother is allowed as a reason to terminate a pregnancy. This ad tries to dress up a very disgusting truth, where abortion is illegal women and children die and uncounted children already on this earth are left without mothers. But so long as we make forcing everyone into a theocracy into a feel good story I guess that’s ok with CBS. I had no idea that CBS had refused pro-gay advertising. They indeed have taken a stand, this is very sad. I guess next year we can look forward to the Fred Phelps half-time show now that we’ve begun to slide down this slippery slope.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:03:35 +0000

Too bad it was probably a lie. Abortion was illegal in that country at that time so it is unlikely that any doc tor would have advised her to get an abortion. It makes a nice propaganda bit that really has nothing to do with the political issue at hand. I know many Pro-Choice people that are anti-abortion. I myself are in that category. If you ask me should someone get an abortion i say “Absolutely not. Abortion is a terrible thing!” But if you ask me should we make abortion illegal i say exactly the same thing “Absolutely not. Making abortion illegal would be a terrible terrible thing.” Having the rights one’s own procreative rights means a woman can fully participate in society and control her own destiny. She’s has the difficult decision to make; it’s hard enough without the law coming down on her. And if the decision is not hard for her—well that between her and God.

By: B

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:28:36 +0000

I disagree. The only NFL game I watch all year is the Super Bowl, and there are many more people like me. All the commercials don’t have to appeal to the sports fan. I think the commercial was a breath of fresh air from the man’s man commercials that Bud Light always has. Yes they are funny, but a good commercial doesn’t always have to make people laugh.