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Focus on Family Ad Featuring Tim Tebow Will Run During Superbowl

By Howard M. Friedman

According to yesterday's Gainesville Sun, the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family has raised over $2.5 million to run a 30-second ad during the Superbowl featuring former University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow. The athlete is known for his Chritsian beliefs, often writing references to Bible verses in his eye black. (Photo from Huffington Post). He was the first home schooled athlete to be nominated for the Heisman Trophy. According to a press release earlier this month from Focus on the Family, Tim and his mother Pam will share a personal story centered on the theme "Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life." News accounts speculate that the ad will center on Pam Tebow's decision, after she became seriously ill, to ignore a doctor's recommendation that she have an abortion. She gave birth to Tim. The National Organization for Women has written CBS questioning why it made an exception to its policy against advocacy ads here. In response, CBS has announced it would consider other "responsibly produced" advocacy ads for the few remaining spots on the Feb. 7 Superbowl broadcast.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on January 27, 2010 (boomark / email).