During the Superbowl this year, if you were one of those who's tuned in soley for the commercials, you may have noticed an advocacy group, Focus on the Family, who, according to the NY Times, is "an evangelical organization known for conservative views on subjects like abortion and gay marriage" had a 30-second ad in the mix this year. This is the first year that CBS has approved any advocacy ads for the Superbowl.
What troubles me is that they had earlier denied an ad for a gay dating service, telling the company that they were sold out, then later admitting that the ad was "not within the network's broadcast standards for Super Bowl Sunday" (from Friedman, NPR's The Nation). If it's ok to have a commercial featuring racecar driver Danica Patrick being controlled by men and compelled into climbing in the shower and making out with another woman, I'd say a gay dating service is just fine.
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