Boy is the pro-abortion movement completely stumped on how to react to the upcoming Tim Tebow advertisement during the Super Bowl. It seems to me that with every criticism of the ad from the pro-abortion movement, they seem to make a stronger case for the pro-life message. Promoting the truth, in prime time, on one of the biggest advertising time slot in the world is really driving them crazy. And it should. It's tough to argue such a directly positive statement around the value of human life.
So what are they left to say? Here's the arguments they are unsuccessfully trying to debate:
- "CBS has no right to promote such a hot political topic." - So... we would rather see ads for beer and sex vs. a positive message about a mother making a decision towards life in a difficult circumstance. Why would we NOT want to see more positive ads on TV. Perhaps they are so incensed because there is nothing positive to promote in their thinly veiled pro-death message. Imagine the same ad from a mother that decided to have an abortion... even one that paints it as a positive thing for mother and child (if that's possible). Creepy.
- "Focus on the Family has an agenda to push and they are doing it on prime time television" - Yes, they do. ...and they should not apologize for using their dollars (which are entirely funded by grass-roots conributions vs. any other funds say... from... killing children) to promote their agenda. I think they have come up with an ad that does a great job of telling a real story about a mother and son and the real decisions that are made in life. Again, if Planned Parenthood wants to come up with a heartwarming ad about a mother making the decision to terminate her child's life, then make it so. Not sure this will get the same reaction from the majority of Americans that are now pro-life. Planned Parenthood does not need the publicity.
- "An ad that uses sports to divide rather than unite has no place in sports." - So does that mean that we should not have political ads run at any time on TV. What about, say, a 30 minute infomerical by a presidential candidate. Say... a presidential candidate that has a massive pro-abortion agenda. Look, this is America and political discourse and debate is a way of life. Deal with it and don't use the cover of a sports event to try to discount a message that is against your political position.
- And here is one that really sums up their rather weak position: From the Planned Parenthood leaning Women's Media Center: “By offering one of the most coveted advertising spots of the year to an anti-equality, anti-choice, homophobic organization, CBS is aligning itself with a political stance that will damage its reputation, alienate viewers, and discourage consumers from supporting its shows and advertisers." Obviously a couple things going on here. First of all, WMC is using the tactic of calling every name in the book (equality, choice, homophobic) in an attempt to confuse the issue. Just tell me what is equal, promotes choice or accepting about the pro-abortion message. Certainly they only like the idea of choice being promoted when it is promoting abortion. There is nothing equal about valuing the life of one individual (the mother and father) over another (the child). And abortion is clearly a more serious targeting of a "class" of individual (the unborn) that results in the death of that unwanted, less than human person. Sound familiar (insert slavery or homophobic reference here...)
