[Image from Dailywordbuzz.com]C'mon. Tim! It was one thing to push your Jesus during football games with bible verses scrawled on your cheeks, but is it really necessary to try to foist your religious beliefs upon people who have tuned in to watch a football game and not a fundamentalist church service?
If you haven't heard, here's the story: Tebow is appearing with his mommy in an ad sponsored by the notorious and fanatical right-wing bunch of broomsticks at Focus on the Family to be aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday!
According to the Christian Post, "The 30-second spot from the pro-family organization will feature college football star Tim Tebow and his mother, Pam, who will share a personal story centered on the theme of 'Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life.'"
Details are not yet available, but "many speculate" that the ad will tell the heart-wrenching story of how Pam did not abort Tim even though she had a bad infection while pregnant.
That would, of course, have been horrible for the University of Florida's football team, which everyone in Gainesville knows is God's favorite pigskin battlers.
Some folks are unhappy about this ad claiming it will "alienate viewers," and that its content "endangers women's health," and that the ad "uses sports to divide rather than to unite" ... etc.
Other folks say it's a matter of free speech and all of the anti-abortion groups are ecstatic!
Well, it has nothing to do with free speech. It has to do with money. If CBS really thought it would cost them viewers and cash, they'd cancel the ad immediately. But, I think CBS believes that the ad will attract more viewers if for no other reason than to see what all the fuss is about. That means more buckaroos!
It also has to do with the christianist confrontational approach to get in non-believer's faces! They don't care if they make people mad, 'cause Jesus will send them all to hell anyway!
And finally, this speaks to the power (read money) of the christianist right. I haven't read what this particular ad cost Focus on the Family, but I do know the cost of putting together an ad involves many thousands of dollars and that to air an ad during the Superbowl is going to run in the millions!
What's scary here is that our future, I'm afraid, is going to be dictated almost entirely by those who control the most money. 1984 is going to have a whole new look. Just as deadly, though!
1 comment:
Unfortunately it comes under both free speech and money for ads. I think we will see more of that as long as people with enough money and strong feelings are around. The supreme Court decision will open the door to more propaganda from such groups around election time from anyone with corporate money to spend. I assume the people for choice will have to spend money to get their points across. The people that make and sell advertising will love it.
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