The Super Bowl: Perfect Backdrop for the Abortion Debate
They're not called the "culture wars" for nothing, but still, the fact that Focus on the Family spent precious seconds of prime Super Bowl advertising airtime (and lots of money) on the abortion debate is a telling reminder that America has some issues, and deeply divisive ones at that.They’re not called the “culture wars” for nothing, but still, the fact that Focus on the Family spent precious seconds of prime Super Bowl advertising airtime (and lots of money) on the abortion debate is a telling reminder that America has some issues, and deeply divisive ones at that. –KA
That said, how did the much-hyped Tim Tebow ad fare on the air? Judge for yourself:
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Here’s another version of the athletes-on-abortion angle, courtesy of Planned Parenthood, which recruited another (former) player from the football arena, Sean James, as well as Olympic triple-jump gold medalist Al Joyner, for their cause (also via YouTube):
However, perhaps it was Black Book magazine that treated this media event with the proper delicacy and consideration, re-couching the debate in terms of whether Betty White or Tim Tebow’s mom was tackled in a more spectacular fashion.
Black Book via YouTube:
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