Misleading advertising - Super Bowl deception: CBS, Tebow, Focus on the Family. Apparently CBS is about to run a misleading and deceptive anti-choice ad featuring Tim Tebow's mother during the Super Bowl. The spot is being paid for by the controversial Christian conservative group Focus on the Family.
The ad is based on the theme "Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life", and is said to feature Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow's mother, Pam, talking about how her "personal faith" convinced her to carry her son to term, while she and her husband were missionaries in the Philippines.
If this were the end of the story, it would be without controversy. However, the Tebows take the story further. According to the Tebows, doctors recommended that Pam Tebow abort the fetus, but she chose to go through with the pregnancy.
The claim that Tebow's doctors recommended she have an abortion has set off a firestorm of criticism and concern. The simple fact is that the draconian laws around abortion in the Phillipines makes the story quite suspicious, and the implication that Pam Tebow had anything like a choice seems very doubtful.
Powerhouse attorney Gloria Allred has been one of many to express profound concern at the CBS network's decision to allow this apparently deceptive and misleading pro life ad to air during the upcoming Super Bowl:
Allred says she believes it an impossible scenario to believe that Philippino doctors would of ever suggested abortion as a viable option for Tebow in the first place. And when you learn that physicians and midwives who perform abortions in the Philippines face six years in prison, and may have their licenses suspended or revoked, and that women who receive abortions - no matter the reason - may be punished with imprisonment for two to six years, it's easy to see why.
The Tebow's pretend that Pam Tebow had a choice, that she had access to a safe, legal abortion. This is simply not the case. Tebow could have faced prison, while her doctor(s) would have faced prison and the loss of license.
Going against medical advice and not terminating the pregnancy made the story a self-righteous, Christian melodrama, red meat for the anti-choice rabble. In reality the story was nothing but a deceptive, misleading and ill conceived morality play orchestrated by moral midgets demanding mandatory motherhood while pushing a misogynistic agenda that would deny a woman's right to control her own reproductive health.
The fact that the story is a deception should be no surprise. Christianity is built on deception. Indeed, self deception would seem to be a necessary ingredient of religious faith.
Yet putting such metaphysical assertions aside, the question remains: Will CBS run a deceptive and misleading ad sponsored by the Christian hate group Focus on the Family to promote a questionable and controversial political stance during Super Bowl XLIV?
For more information on protecting women's rights and women's reproductive health care in Oregon check out Planned Parenthood, Oregon; NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon; and in Portland, Downtown Women's Center.
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GO CHRISTIANS!! GO GATORS!! GO PRO-LIFE!! GO TEBOW!!
BOO MIKEY!! BOO JEWISH EXTREMISTS!! BOO ATHEISTS!! BOO HOMER SEXUALS!!
Hey mikey all your whining and crying taint going to matta a bit big boy because the zionist controlled CCCBS is going to run the Tebow Pro-Life commercial and they shat on your "Mancrunch" homer sexual dating crapola. Taint nothing at all "hateful" about this ad at all, nada dude. Matta of fact big boy, the Tebow ad is the anthesis of hate, it's about a MOTHER'S LOVE WHO WOULD RISK HER OWN LIFE TO HAVE HER CHILD!! And look mikey, GOD BLESSED BOTH THE MOTHER AND CHILD. It must be terrible to live your life with no hope of a God or no belief in an afterlife, is that why you're so bitter and hate-filled mikey?? mikey do you know that where you spend eternity is forever and ever, is that why you're filled with hate towards all things positive or good mikey? I really feel sad for you mikey because you're pitiful in a way.
Peace-Out
Damn looks like mikey is madder than a midget with a yo-yo on this Tebow deal, hehe. I don't think even one of The Sick Twisted Freaks beatdowns on van jones or robert creamer got michael stone this upset. WAAA- WAAA- WAAA, SNIFFLE SNIFFLE go ahead mikey go ahead and let them tears flow dude.
I never heard of "Focus On The Family" until now but since Stoner doesn't approve of them that makes me a BIG FAN OF FOCUS ON THE FAMILY ALREADY!!
GO PRO-LIFE!!!
Do we know whether her doctor was in the Philippines or that, had she followed his/her advice she wouldn't have flown to the states where sucking a baby out of your womb is legal? Heck, for all we know she could've been seen by an American doctor doing work there. Plenty of US doctors donate time to poor countries.Pretty flimsy evidence to build this whole "lie" meme on.
I got an idea why don't we sterilize people like Mikey and other "Pro-Abortionist" that way people who are Pro-Life are happy and the Pro-Abortionist people don't have to worry about aborting unwanted pregnancies.
Do we know whether her doctor was in the Philippines or that, had she followed his/her advice she wouldn't have flown to the states where sucking a baby out of your womb is legal? Heck, for all we know she could've been seen by an American doctor doing work there. Plenty of US doctors donate time to poor countries.Pretty flimsy evidence to build this whole "lie" meme on.
I don't care about football, but I am glad the author is standing up for a woman's right to choose.
Why is it that the most obnoxious Christians, the one's who wear their faith on their sleeve, or under their eyes in this case, turn out to be the biggest liars and hypocrites?
Unfortunately the guy who wrote this love has never experienced the love of and for Jesus Christ. He's one of the haters who looks for any reason to knock what he cannot understand by spewing bile and hatred. I'm truly pained by his intolerance. Try cracking a Bible every now and then and try to understand the teachings of Jesus instead of bashing anyone intelligent enough to embrace him. How lucky you are that you are forgiven even though you do not truly know him.
Mikey the all-understanding, empathy laden, all loving for oppressed members on the margins of society, hateful or intolerant of a different set of beliefs or religion than his own. How dare you sir, how dare you suggest "The Gypsy Scholar" would stoop to the common man's level of exhibiting hate or intolerance for those who are different. Mikey has watched Avatar 115 times as of this writing so that proves he is all to willing to tolerate those who are different.
People who say they are "Pro Choice" ought to be better prepared to receive a story of when a woman exercises that choice towards preserving life. Otherwise, their political stand could be renamed "Pro Abortion". Of course, Pam Tebow had the option for an abortion, an American is free to travel to maybe Hawaii or Guam? Hey, too bad not China; there she would only have to say that she has more than two children. The Chinese government is more overt than the American Government whose 'Pro Choice' advocates call abortion "Health Care".
All your attacks on Mrs. Tebow being a liar falls apart for one big reason: Allred and fellow abortionists are all liars to claim Philippines does not allow abortion even in the case of the mother's life in danger:
www.asap-asia.org/country-profile-philippines.html
although the Penal Code does not list specific exceptions to the general prohibition on abortion, under the general criminal law principles of necessity as set forth in article 11(4) of the Code, an abortion may be legally performed to save the pregnant woman’s life.2 A decision of the Supreme Court also impliedly recognized abortion to save the mother’s life.3 The United Nations recognizes that abortion in the Philippines is permitted only in instances in which the pregnant woman's life is endangered.4
"The fact that the story is a deception should be no surprise. Christianity is built on deception. Indeed, self deception would seem to be a necessary ingredient of religious faith."
You mean the way the abortion rights from Roe and Bolton are built on deception, especially the latter one where the abortinist lawyers misrepresented their client, claiming she wanted abortion when she does not?
Please learn to spell and use punctuation. Thank you.
"Truth" and "Delilah" are indeed accurate and on the case. Absent information to the contrary, we, and that includes Michael Stone, can only speculate on what the truth is and thus make conclusions/judgments, like " . . . Will CBS run a deceptive and misleading ad sponsored by the Christian hate group Focus on the Family to promote a questionable and controversial political stance during Super Bowl XLIV?"
While Michael's column is entertaining, polemic, and divisive (and so-intended), it doesn't get us any closer to a responsible, informed, or even sophisticated dialog. As we say in talk radio, and that's what I do, " . . . when all is said and done, there is more said than done." The variation on the talk radio cliche is about heat-and-light, as in rhetoric vs. enlightenment, the whole basis for AM talk radio.
You realize that our discussion is a gift for both sides, as we're stirring the pot, turning up the heat, as the spin-meisters, like Michael, are enjoying every word?
Hey All you Bible Thumpers, You are so quick to Bash pro-lifers and gays, first of all, being a pro-lifer doesn't always mean pro-abortion, I am pro-choice Not pro-abortion but I believe women should be allowed to make their own decisions about there own bodies! You want to force your morals on everyone else, mind your own business ( you all probably have enough moral failings of your own ). You also want to protect a fetus like mad-people, yet you usually bash gays and are responsible for the gay bashing and killing and feel no remorse!!! What hypocrates! And for those of you that will say being gay is against Gods' will according to the Bible, men wrote the bible and it has been translated for centuries, God never wrote one word,it was just a bunch of religious zealots from another time, like you! You see hate has been around since the beginning of time, and people like you just feed its' flames! God Bless you all,I will pray for YOU!
hehehe he said "flames"
No, the political ad is wrong. Period.
Why doesn't Tim Tebow do a real Christian/faith based ad on helping the poor, hungry, and homeless?? Most of the "Christians" I observe? are bigoted, self-serving and hypocrital, which is the antithesis of Jesus' teachings. Real Christians live by? their actions, not Superbowl ads. Sorry, Tim Tebow, please consider that Mother Theresa did not make Superbowl ads.
Does anyone vet this copy? It's one thing not to be able to spell "paid" or use the non-existent phrase "would of" in conversation or email, but quite another to publish it on a website. It sure doesn't help with credibility.
A little perspective on abortions being illegal in the Philippines--there is a disconnect between what is illegal on paper and what happens in practice. In America where it is legal, the abortion rate is 19% whereas in the Philippines, it is estimated to be about 15%--in spite of all the restrictions, social controls, and disapproval. This says a lot about the effectiveness of abortion laws which really just lead to disparities in health care by class. In the Philippines, relatively wealthier women get to have safe abortions in the care of personal physicians while poorer women use street vendors and drugs purchased on the black market. The latter group have illegal abortions on their own and then come in to hospitals for post-abortion surgeries--assuming they can get there in time (800 are estimated to die each year from this). See the Guttmacher Institute and search on PhilippinesUPIA.pdf
"No, the political ad is wrong. Period.
Why doesn't Tim Tebow do a real Christian/faith based ad on helping the poor, hungry, and homeless?? Most of the "Christians" I observe? are bigoted, self-serving and hypocrital, which is the antithesis of Jesus' teachings. Real Christians live by? their actions, not Superbowl ads. Sorry, Tim Tebow, please consider that Mother Theresa did not make Superbowl ads."
Mother Theresa also was not someone who could potentially be aborted.
And guess what? Tebow's whole life has been about helping people through charity work. Guess you miss the memo.
Funny, you should talk about bigotry when you made bigoted remarks of your own against Christians.
Speaking of "hypocritical" how are all you whiny leftard LIEberal libprogs doing. Down with Pro-Abortion and homer sexuals. A BIG HELL YEAH for Tebow, Christians, and Pro-Lifers!!
"Not pro-abortion but I believe women should be allowed to make their own decisions about there own bodies! You want to force your morals on everyone else, mind your own business ( you all probably have enough moral failings of your own )."
Nice talking points- same ones slaveowners used against abolitionists- saying the abolitionists were violating their right to PRIVATE PROPERTY (read: privacy and property), and that was the abolitionists, made mostly of evangelicals, forcing their morality on the the slaveowners.
Funny, pro-abortionists argue incessantly that the unborn is the woman's body and total property of the woman until the woman decides to keep the baby, then they hold the man part responsible for concept actually responsible for the baby, with the woman.
Hypocrisy.
Allred is the same lady who rightfully then said that Scott Peterson committed two homicides- that of Laci and that of their unborn child.
Allred's hypocrisy is on display here denying abortion is murder when it suits her here.
I thought most libtarded libprogs who aren't homer sexuals were walking adds for birth control anyhow. I'm just saying have you taken a look at some of them uber leftist, talk about your prototype for beastiality.
What an unbiased article you've written! Congratulations, you deserve some sort of award. I like the line about how Christianity is based on deception, it's really classy.
"Going against medical advice and not terminating the pregnancy made the story a self-righteous, Christian melodrama, red meat for the anti-choice rabble. In reality the story was nothing but a deceptive, misleading and ill conceived morality play orchestrated by moral midgets demanding mandatory motherhood while pushing a misogynistic agenda that would deny a woman's right to control her own reproductive health."
Very stupid claim to make since Gator fans and those who followed Tebow's career knew about Mrs Tebow pregnancy complications when she carried Tebow in her womb before he ever got famous or became Heisman trophy winner.
Hey Mikey why don't they drop that lame fairy "Mancrunch" ad and replace it with some hot lesbian chick dating service for a Super Bowl ad. Dude I'm telling you we wouldn't mind that kind of homer sexual ad.
CHRISTIAN HYPOCRITES ARE DISGUSTING - KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY BODY - IF THESE IDIOTS WERE REALLY PRO LIFE THEY WOULD BE HELPING REAL PEOPLE INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT CLUMPS OF CELLS
Hi everyone I'm a heteronormative, xenophobic, Christian facist, Bible thumping, knuckledragging, anti-Semitic, gun-toting redneck, white supremacist, Nazi, homophobic, tea-bagging, wingnut.
I forgot to add I like to watch racist porn.
"CHRISTIAN HYPOCRITES ARE DISGUSTING - KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY BODY -"
You mean the way you abortionists have your babies' bodies butchered?
"IF THESE IDIOTS WERE REALLY PRO LIFE THEY WOULD BE HELPING REAL PEOPLE INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT CLUMPS OF CELLS"
Clumps of cells with their own DNA, gender, heart, brain, etc.
Funny, when you want the baby, it's a baby, but when you don't want the baby, it's a lump of cells.
And guess what? Compassion, World Vision, Harvest, Samaritan's Purse, and zillion of other pro-life ministries and church denomination ministries all over the country just like them exist to do charity work in this country and all over the world to feed the poor, the widows, the orphans, and to clothe them and give them shelters and tend to other basic needs of life, funded by mostly pro-lifer Christians.
Pro-choicers got nothing there on pro-lifers.
Truth, if it isn't a baby then why do they call it an abortion? Why don't they call it a "Clean-them-cells-outame" or something?
How 'bout a "suckemoutame?"
Hey Truth, funny you should bring up slavery. Read a little history yourself, THE BIBLE that you people always bring up in these issues was used in Southern Churches to Justify Slavery!!!! It has ( as has religion ) been used for many heinous things for centuries!!! Wars, The Dark ages ( when the Catholic Church murdered many many people whom didn't follow their teachings), Witch hunts in Massachusetts, gay bashing the list goes on and on!!! And how many times have we "caught " Right wingers in immorral acts!!! The Biblr was written by humans Not God, they put there own ideas in this book, I suspect most of them were right wingers. It was also translated over and over. Anyone that knows multiple languages will tell you that many times when doing this translation process that there is no direct translation from language to language, this leaves the interpitation up to the Opinion of the translator. All and all not a very reliable book to go by!stop Gay bashing,God is LOVE
They ought to run that Mancrunch.com ad. That would be alot funnier than Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction.
Rational,
First off your history is off on several points. The persecutions of religious dissent you spoke of by the church did not take place during the dark ages but during the Middle Ages and the Reformation periods. The dark ages was a period limited to a few centuries immnediately right after the fall of Rome in finality in 476 AD til the times of Charlemagne. The Middle Ages covered a span of from 500 to 1400-1500.
Secondly, it was the clergy that put a stop to the Salem witch trials, on grounds they felt the trial was unbiblical especially on denying people's rights to due process, under the law, given in the Mass. Body of Liberties.
Thirdly, the fact the Southern churches used the Bible to justify slavery does not change the fact that abolitionists were indeed accused of trying to impose their own brand of Christianity and morality on the slaveowners.
And fourthly, I got a BA in History.
And it does not change the fact that most of those who led the abolitionist movements in America and England were in fact evangelical Christians, aka as you put it Bible thumpers.
Communist Atheism has killed more people than any other organization/religion/whatever. 100 million plus killed under Atheist Communist Regimes easily. Most of the slave ships were Jewish or Arab owned. Jews, Arabs, Whites, Africans, even American Indians were slave owners. Only a very small percentage of whites ever even owned slaves in the US.
Mikey just called and said he wants a century of comments, you know the big 100 before midnight EST. Let's tighten it up people your not even half way there yet.
The real leaders of the abolitionist movement were the free thinkers; they were the first to condemn slavery in the US.
While many millions were killed as the result of communist totalitarianism, this was always a political movement, not a religious movement.
Focus on the Family is a known hate group that teaches and practices hatred and bigotry for homosexuals.
For the most part Christians are either ignorant, hypocrites, or both.
ATHEISTS HAVE KILLED MILLIONS IN THEIR COMMUNIST REGIMES IN UKRAINE, CHINA, CAMBODIA, CUBA ETC.
JEWS AND MUSLIMS WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE SLAVE TRADE WITH AFRICANS.
Wow! Are we talking about the Super Bowl or the second coming of Christ?
"The real leaders of the abolitionist movement were the free thinkers; they were the first to condemn slavery in the US."
So let's pretend William Wilberforce, the Wesleys, John Newton, etc., did not exist in England, and let's pretend Charles Finney, the Beechers, the Warfields, Theodore Weld, etc., etc., did not exist in America. For that matter evangelical founding fathers like John Adams, Ben Rush, Alexander Hamilton, etc.
How do we know that Pam Tebow had Filipino doctors? Exactly, we don't. This article is EXTREMELY biased.
"How do we know that Pam Tebow had Filipino doctors? Exactly, we don't. This article is EXTREMELY biased."
Besides, like I pointed out earlier, the abortionists are lying. That country does allow abortion in the case of the mother's life in danger. Allred and her allies would have us believe no exceptions given for ban on abortion.
In the Article it states "The fact that the story is a deception should be no surprise. Christianity is built on deception. Indeed, self deception would seem to be a necessary ingredient of religious faith."
Wrong!
Christianity is based on the bible a book that quotes that the most brainiac to the most simple minded can read it and understand it. Nothing in the bible is hidden you can pick up a copy of the bible everywhere. The fact that you hate it so much proves who your daddy is.
hey mikey any word on the DADT.
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