After weeks of furor, public sees Tebow ad
Seriously, that was it? I kept expecting there to be a second one somewhere, but no.
Allie Martin – OneNewsNow -
Viewers primed for controversy over a Christian ministry’s Super Bowl ad featuring football star Tim Tebow might be asking, “Is that all there is?”
Focus on the Family revealed beforehand that the ad would feature Tebow and his mother, Pam, who gave birth to him in 1987 after rejecting a doctor’s advice to have an abortion for medical reasons. But if abortion rights groups hadn’t protested, you might never have known what the ad was about.
The closest it comes to mentioning abortion is when Pam Tebow says, “I call him my miracle baby. He almost didn’t make it into this world. I can remember so many times when I almost lost him.” Tim Tebow then bursts in and tackles his mom, who responds that she’s tougher than he is.
Penny Nance, CEO of Concerned Women for America, says the ad opened a “national conversation” about abortion. “We’re grateful for the opportunity for a pro-life message to find its way into the Super Bowl [ad lineup], and it was clearly a bright spot in the evening,” says Nance. “Concerned Women for America’s half-million members welcomed the opportunity to have the national discussion.
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