Focus on the Family Super Bowl ad

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Registered: 03-23-2003
Focus on the Family Super Bowl ad
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Mon, 01-25-2010 - 1:33pm

And email I received from Care2.  I will boycott the Super Bowl should they show Focus on the Family's ad.  I'm very disappointed in CBS.

In the past, CBS has denied other organizations, like MoveOn.org and United Church of Christ, the chance to get their word out during the Superbowl because the network considered their messages to be too controversial. But it seems its definition of "controversial" has changed. CBS approved an ad by the ultra-conservative group Focus on the Family, attacking a woman's right to choose.

Demand that CBS pull this controversial and disrespectful ad from the Superbowl line-up >>


The Superbowl is the most-watched television program in the country -- a prime opportunity for anti-choice groups to broadcast their idea that a woman doesn't have the right to make decisions about her own body. What's worse is CBS has no plans to run a pro-choice ad to balance both sides of the issue.


CBS's decision to run the anti-choice ad is biased, unfair and unethical. Tell CBS to cancel the Superbowl ad from Focus on the Family >>






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Registered: 01-22-2010
Mon, 01-25-2010 - 1:43pm
I signed the petition. It is the wrong time and place for such a controversial and political advertisement.
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Registered: 08-30-2002
Mon, 01-25-2010 - 2:07pm

But they'll still be showing the beer and fast food commercials with scantily clad women as well, right?


We shouldn't be able to choose a legal, medical procedure, but we sure should be able to choose to be meat for the guys, huh?



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Registered: 03-18-2000
Mon, 01-25-2010 - 2:15pm
I signed. Are they that deperate for advertising dollars?

 


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Registered: 10-28-2009
Mon, 01-25-2010 - 2:20pm
I just signed it, too.
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Registered: 03-23-2003
Mon, 01-25-2010 - 3:36pm

My first thought too!


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Registered: 10-11-2005
Mon, 01-25-2010 - 8:41pm
I signed
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Registered: 11-13-2009
Mon, 01-25-2010 - 11:15pm

Count me in, too.


 

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Registered: 01-26-2010
Tue, 01-26-2010 - 6:07pm
I am guessing you are all also signing a petition to remove all advertisements that could potentially be controversial or encroach on some people's personal beliefs, for consistency and credibility. Personally, I like that we have a country that allows people to express their opinions and advertise for what they believe. I am proud of CBS for not limiting their advertisements to their personal/corporate belief system. This is not about whether or not CBS personally supports or opposes a woman's right to choose no more than saying that CBS supports mostly naked women jumping on your 16 yr old son because he is wearing axe or that they are all about Bud Light or think everyone should drive a Lexus.
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Registered: 06-10-2007
Tue, 01-26-2010 - 7:30pm
I agree!!! I don't view prancing around half naked and acting like a man-crazy, beer serving tart a celebration of women's rights and equality. If you want to ban an anti-abortion commercial, surely you'd want to ban the degrading commercials, too.
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Registered: 11-17-2009
Wed, 01-27-2010 - 1:04am

I am curious if you would sign a petition if the ad were a "pro-choice" ad.

Personally, I am pro-choice. I do believe abortion is morally wrong...but the reality is that legal or not....abortion will still happen. I would rather keep it safe.

This ad doesn't bother me one bit. It will not change my mind on the subject.

I wonder if the outrage would be there if the situation were reversed. Are people upset because it's controversial? Or only because it is a view they disagree with?

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