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Should CBS show Super Bowl ad featuring Tim Tebow and his mother?

AP_NY151_TEBOW_SUPER_BOWL_A Former University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow is in Mobile, Ala., preparing for Saturday's Senior Bowl, but the hot topic surrounding him is the ad Tebow will appear in during the Feb. 7 Super Bowl.

The ad is being paid for by a group called Focus on the Family, and will star Tebow and his mother, who went against doctor’s advice and decided to keep Tim despite medical risks.

A national coalition of women's groups called on CBS on Monday to scrap its plan to broadcast the ad, which critics say is likely to convey an anti-abortion message.

"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.

CBS said it has approved the script for the 30-second ad and has given no indication that the protest would have an impact. A network spokesman, Dana McClintock, said CBS would ensure that any issue-oriented ad was "appropriate for air."

Tebow's response to the uproar: "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. 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."

We haven't seen the ad -- but will share it once we do -- but we'd like to know what you think. Should CBS broadcast the ad or is it too controversial?





Well, what do you think?

Although I am pro choice, I believe in freedom of speech and can change the channel if I don't want to watch the commercial. I also recognize the right of CBS to put what ever programing/ads they see fit on their station.
I'm still me.
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Anti-Abortion CBS Super Bowl commercial - 27/01/2010 05:35:37 PM 1832 Views
I think that its a fantastic idea... - 27/01/2010 05:46:17 PM 1099 Views
agreed... somewhat. - 27/01/2010 05:52:26 PM 1043 Views
See, that's the debate here... - 27/01/2010 06:03:01 PM 850 Views
depending on the developmental stage, an embryo might be nothign more than a clump of cells. - 27/01/2010 07:18:25 PM 730 Views
You make baby Allah cry. *NM* - 27/01/2010 07:58:01 PM 519 Views
was it the dog comparison? - 27/01/2010 07:59:22 PM 897 Views
Nah, Dog is God reversed, after all. - 27/01/2010 08:29:12 PM 849 Views
parasites! parasites i say!!! - 27/01/2010 08:37:53 PM 873 Views
yeah except islam allows abortion in certain conditions - 28/01/2010 05:43:29 AM 868 Views
Do those conditions include "I don't want a baby"? - 28/01/2010 11:52:24 PM 1084 Views
some scholars say yes, some say no - 29/01/2010 05:51:18 AM 980 Views
Shall we be technical.... - 27/01/2010 09:28:20 PM 860 Views
And since when are you a trained eye? - 27/01/2010 09:52:05 PM 968 Views
A valid question - 27/01/2010 10:07:16 PM 843 Views
Okay then, that's fair enough - 27/01/2010 10:48:10 PM 857 Views
If there's a chance the mother might die... - 27/01/2010 07:30:54 PM 923 Views
Which is why I'm against elective abortion - 27/01/2010 09:33:59 PM 877 Views
Then we are in accord. - 27/01/2010 10:00:32 PM 887 Views
That works.... - 27/01/2010 10:10:22 PM 886 Views
And I think that is wonderful. - 27/01/2010 10:33:05 PM 981 Views
I want to see an atheism Superbowl ad - 27/01/2010 06:21:02 PM 925 Views
Re: I want to see an atheism Superbowl ad - 27/01/2010 06:35:30 PM 903 Views
Go ahead and pay for one.... - 27/01/2010 06:37:18 PM 1000 Views
- 27/01/2010 07:01:59 PM 925 Views
at your - 27/01/2010 07:03:39 PM 873 Views
how does atheism take anything away? - 27/01/2010 07:20:49 PM 905 Views
Exactly - 27/01/2010 07:29:49 PM 886 Views
Smiles.... - 27/01/2010 09:38:25 PM 870 Views
just because you believe in god - 27/01/2010 09:57:39 PM 750 Views
losing, not loosing *NM* - 27/01/2010 10:22:51 PM 530 Views
Re: Smiles.... - 29/01/2010 09:03:48 PM 837 Views
LOL It only "takes away" mental enslavement. - 27/01/2010 07:50:56 PM 880 Views
Who says? - 27/01/2010 09:42:07 PM 869 Views
You're not "open" to anything. - 27/01/2010 10:02:03 PM 1008 Views
I don't need your sadness dude...or your pity. - 27/01/2010 10:19:43 PM 891 Views
Personally speaking - 27/01/2010 10:36:45 PM 933 Views
Although off topic that's exactly how I see it too. *NM* - 27/01/2010 10:43:49 PM 520 Views
But notice your perspective Brian... - 27/01/2010 11:08:52 PM 999 Views
Your argument assumes in the existance of the Christian God. - 27/01/2010 11:28:16 PM 856 Views
Because we're His children - 28/01/2010 01:08:20 AM 894 Views
My perspective as someone who is for the most part an Atheist? - 28/01/2010 01:13:02 AM 805 Views
You have a very odd and self-serving notion of what "open" is. - 28/01/2010 12:12:06 AM 4226 Views
Tolerance much? - 27/01/2010 08:11:12 PM 930 Views
I took care of that. - 27/01/2010 08:33:18 PM 910 Views
Don't read an emotion into that I didn't put into it. - 27/01/2010 09:44:37 PM 718 Views
Oh, well there are examples. Google those ads I mentioned - 27/01/2010 11:24:10 PM 723 Views
all athesim means is not believing in deities 9_9 - 27/01/2010 11:30:37 PM 727 Views
Fortunately, positivity doesn't appear to be the qualifying characteristic - 27/01/2010 08:26:28 PM 827 Views
Well there is a difference between... - 27/01/2010 09:47:36 PM 1022 Views
The fact is that it was a positive message, whether you agreed with it or not. - 27/01/2010 09:52:47 PM 888 Views
Says the Protestant. - 27/01/2010 11:22:05 PM 878 Views
What is the UCC? *NM* - 29/01/2010 02:59:07 AM 543 Views
United Church of Christ - 29/01/2010 02:24:11 PM 770 Views
I don't think it is the same thing - 27/01/2010 07:17:19 PM 737 Views
I wasn't making an argument- just that it'd be interesting - 27/01/2010 08:11:57 PM 718 Views
that I can agree with - 27/01/2010 08:27:30 PM 822 Views
Re: I think that its a fantastic idea... - 28/01/2010 03:36:11 AM 835 Views
Hey whatever they want to pay for - 27/01/2010 05:52:11 PM 923 Views
Hahahaha... I couldn't care less, but this line cracked me up - 27/01/2010 06:19:37 PM 917 Views
wow...I didn't even think of that... - 27/01/2010 06:39:04 PM 860 Views
Heh. *NM* - 28/01/2010 10:43:43 PM 532 Views
I think they need to treat all sides the same - 27/01/2010 06:49:47 PM 857 Views
agreed *NM* - 27/01/2010 07:15:48 PM 527 Views
this. *NM* - 28/01/2010 01:33:01 AM 471 Views
whether you agree with Tebow or not... - 27/01/2010 06:51:58 PM 891 Views
I don't think there'd be a problem if it wasn't the Super Bowl - 27/01/2010 07:35:18 PM 860 Views
The problem is the hyprocrisy of CBS. - 27/01/2010 07:56:58 PM 982 Views
Bingo. - 27/01/2010 07:58:01 PM 735 Views
And they claim this is the result of you liberal types pissing and moaning. - 27/01/2010 08:40:57 PM 819 Views
Yeah, I'm sure that's it. - 27/01/2010 08:44:26 PM 722 Views
"the buggery agenda" - 27/01/2010 08:47:28 PM 861 Views
I know, I loved it! I might start using that instead of Fagenda. *NM* - 27/01/2010 09:03:53 PM 541 Views
You might need to rework titles too. "Most Buggered", "Her Buggerness" - 27/01/2010 09:06:44 PM 993 Views
this commercial is only a big deal to those - 27/01/2010 07:59:27 PM 926 Views
I really, really hope a pro-choice group buys the next ad space - 27/01/2010 08:09:16 PM 989 Views
Replace Hitler with Ben Affleck and I'd help pay for it. - 27/01/2010 08:12:25 PM 733 Views
that's funny enough it'd pay for itself - 27/01/2010 08:13:31 PM 829 Views
But how would you folks argue on the internet then? I'd still have Stalin... *NM* - 27/01/2010 08:49:17 PM 503 Views
I'm sure people could think of something *NM* - 27/01/2010 09:00:23 PM 398 Views
LMAO! that would be awesome *NM* - 28/01/2010 12:02:25 AM 537 Views
The funny thing is - 27/01/2010 08:28:22 PM 1040 Views
Oh no you di'in't! - 27/01/2010 08:54:47 PM 647 Views
I had a similar thought... - 27/01/2010 10:17:15 PM 842 Views
*NM* - 28/01/2010 01:12:46 AM 481 Views
*brain explodes* - 27/01/2010 08:30:51 PM 752 Views
are your sinuses clear now? *NM* - 27/01/2010 08:54:18 PM 489 Views
Oddly enough, they aren't. - 27/01/2010 08:59:27 PM 898 Views
thats what you get for living in the hill country - 27/01/2010 09:10:09 PM 819 Views
Not my idea, and I'm working on it. - 28/01/2010 12:36:17 AM 851 Views
the super bowl is no place for political messages, no matter how thinly veiled. - 28/01/2010 05:15:13 AM 754 Views
Are you saying that CBS should be required to run an opposing ad? *NM* - 28/01/2010 05:19:39 AM 477 Views
if they are going to approve a political message, they should be required to air the opposite view - 28/01/2010 05:27:33 AM 749 Views
I'm pretty strongly pro-choice and even I find that silly. *NM* - 28/01/2010 06:55:37 AM 541 Views
What kind of ad would they run in response? - 28/01/2010 11:50:10 PM 880 Views
more like.... - 29/01/2010 03:20:24 AM 997 Views
The problem with Pro-Choice is... - 28/01/2010 02:12:13 PM 857 Views
Not really a fair comment - 28/01/2010 02:44:21 PM 836 Views
Re: Not really a fair comment - 28/01/2010 03:27:03 PM 950 Views
I can't see Youtube at work and am out the next couple of nights so I can't see it till the weekend - 28/01/2010 03:36:48 PM 723 Views
I know you were going to tell me that it was slanted... - 28/01/2010 03:57:37 PM 873 Views
That is unfair on me - 28/01/2010 04:18:07 PM 865 Views
Sorry...wasn't trying to be unfair.... - 28/01/2010 04:34:18 PM 902 Views
Apology accepted - 28/01/2010 04:52:39 PM 706 Views
...which is yet another argument for publicly funded healthcare - 28/01/2010 03:46:25 PM 733 Views
Re: ...which is yet another argument for publicly funded healthcare - 28/01/2010 04:03:46 PM 848 Views
An unfortunate choice of words.... - 28/01/2010 07:00:18 PM 727 Views
I don't think it's so much a matter of supplying misleading information, - 28/01/2010 11:07:24 PM 790 Views
Ah, - 29/01/2010 02:51:22 PM 836 Views
No. - 29/01/2010 06:10:47 PM 926 Views

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