Just in case we were going to have too much fun on Super Bowl Sunday, Tim Tebow and his mother decided to provide about 30 seconds of awkwardness at our respective Super Bowl parties by participating in a controversial anti-abortion ad. Terrific...terrrrrrific...I can already envision the scene at the party. The ad runs, someone says something crass about the ad. Then someone else fires back at that person in disagreement. Arguing ensues, then it turns to bickering. A long, silent, and awkward pause for a good ten minutes takes place and the party officially becomes ruined.
Without the liberty of actually seeing the finished product, from what we've been told it will highlight Pam Tebow's decision to go against her doctor's recommendation of an abortion after she became ill on a mission trip to the Philippines and give birth to her 5th child that turned out to be Tim Tebow. The ad was paid for by the conservative christian (aren't "conservative" and "christian" pretty much the same word these days?) group Focus On The Family.
CBS has apparently never heard of the terms "slippery slope" or "Pandora's box" because that's exactly what they are exposing themselves to with this decision. This has nothing to do with The Beard's stance or Tim Tebow's stance, or anyone else's stance on abortion. This has to do with precedent. These types of political advocacy ads have never taken place during the Super Bowl to my knowledge, and airing this one opens the door for more extreme advertisements of hot button political issues such as gay marriage, or the death penalty to also be aired during the one event that should be free of all political affiliation or influence of any kind.
The Super Bowl ads have almost become as big as the game itself. Let's hope that CBS realizes that the risk they are assuming by airing this ad, is not worth the money they are receiving in the big picture.
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