Senior of college, in the midst of The Ex on our rollercoaster, my pal tried to set me up with her pal. It wasn’t meant to be despite the fact that I fell hard. Real hard. He was a Florida boy and the distance put a wrench in what could have been but more so the fact that we were both at immensely different stages in life made it even more difficult. (then i met hubs. The rest? History). He was a Florida Gators fan. Like super hard core. Tim Tebow’s name often got dropped in the terms of worship, though I never got the hype. I’m kind of starting to get it after reading about him a little more….
I don’t have a favorite football team, I really don’t give a flying eff about football quite frankly (though I have been known to cry at hockey games. On many occasions. No comments from the BU fans in the crowd. ). I couldn’t help but follow the controversy that’s going on around the Tim Tebow ad that’s going to be aired during the superbowl.
A chaste athlete? That won the Heisman trophy?! Seriously?! The athletes I’ve met were hardly faithful let alone chaste. I’ve been hearing a lot that the ad shouldn’t be aired because CBS rejected a gay advertising service ad.
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Firstly…one has nothing to do with the other.
I will clarify, that I am pro-choice. Not vehemently. Conservatively pro-choice for drastically personal reasons (I’d be an aunt of a five year old. We’ll leave it at that.) I know that sounds like an oxymoron but it’s really not. I think every woman has the right to choose what to do with her body but I also believe in personal responsibility and abortion used as a form of birth control is immensely irresponsible. Yet the super-feminazis out there think that that’s okay. Then again, they also believe that anyone who doesn’t think that that’s okay is W-R-O-N-G.
But I really liked this, fromt the WaPo:
Pam Tebow and her son feel good enough about that choice to want to tell people about it. Only, NOW says they shouldn’t be allowed to. Apparently NOW feels this commercial is an inappropriate message for America to see for 30 seconds, but women in bikinis selling beer is the right one. I would like to meet the genius at NOW who made that decision. On second thought, no, I wouldn’t.
There’s not enough space in the sports pages for the serious weighing of values that constitutes this debate, but surely everyone in both camps, pro-choice or pro-life, wishes the “need” for abortions wasn’t so great. Which is precisely why NOW is so wrong to take aim at Tebow’s ad.
I pride myself on my open mindedness. I pride myself on always listening to both sides of any argument, having friends who believe very different things from me – both more liberal and more conservative. But I’m not gonna lie, Sally Jenkins is right. N.O.W. is really not helping their image at all by protesting this. Not that they give a damn really, their image is apparently dependent on stifling the other side.
While I remain pro-choice through and through, that in no way means I necessarily condone the actions of the pro-choice movement regarding this issue. However, at the same time, I do also believe that the pro-life movement makes incredibly unacceptable accusations and arguments. It’s kind of sad that neither side will listen to the other and work towards a common cause – lowering the number of abortions and providing comprehensive sex education for all students (especially students in high school).
Now, I don’t think I need to tell y’all to speak your minds but my God please be respectful. I know many people get incredibly heated up over this issue and I certainly want to hear everyone’s thoughts but I will not tolerate any personal attacks or disrespectful comments. My point with this is that both sides of the debate need to be willing to LISTEN and engage each other (wishful thinking).
Work with me, what are your thoughts?
