Really? That was it? What – 30 seconds? Even NOW – the National Organization for Woman – did have a problem with it:
That’s it? No television commercial had come close to ginning up as much controversy as the “Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life” spot featuring star University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow did – before it even aired.
And why not? The ad promised to shout its argument against one of the most divisive issues of American culture (abortion) through the largest bullhorn the American media has to offer (a Super Bowl ad).
But after weeks of hand-wringing, the commercial unveiled during the first quarter to a projected 100 million viewers at a cost estimated at $2.5 million seemed so nice and wholesome and polite as to be – especially by Super Bowl standards – dull.
“It was very quick, and it was very mild,” said Shirley Herman, treasurer of the North Palm Beach County chapter of the National Organization for Women. “I didn’t find it terribly offensive.” (Read the rest here)
February 7th, 2010 11:31 pm
The funny thing is is that the commercial is about being pro-choice.
February 7th, 2010 11:37 pm
How so? You mean because she ‘choose’ to keep her child? Instead, I thought it was pro-life, in which the mother was encouraging others to choose life.
February 7th, 2010 11:56 pm
well yeah, the message was to choose life, but her circumstance with having her baby was definitely a pro-choice story. If she said she was forced by the government to have her baby, then maybe her story would have been pro-life.
February 8th, 2010 8:13 am
A government ‘forcing’ her to have a baby is no different than a government ‘forcing’ me to no longer dual and thus kill my enemies.
February 8th, 2010 9:34 pm
I don’t understand the second part of that sentence.
February 8th, 2010 9:37 pm
Samuel, the point is, is that a government must protect its citizens, whether young or old. It is not forcing a mother to give birth, but protecting the rights of children.