Thursday, October 4, 2012

SUPER- kiss

In the past, there has been a few debates regarding commercials that are appropriate for CBS to play during the Superbowl. In 2007, Snickers released a commercial where two men "Super-kissed" and immediately after freaked out and acted as if it was very bad and gross. This angered many gay watchers. Now the executives of CBS rate kisses and casts on an acceptability meter by unidentified standards. The President of the American Family Association, Tim Wildmon has a very interesting view on this situation. He states, " CBS should not put parents in the position of answering embarrassing and awkward questions from their children while they're just trying to enjoy a football game."  When Tim made this comment, I wonder if he was considering all of the children who have same sex parents or thought of the kids who are personally going through a time where they are questioning their own sexuality. After this big ordeal, CBS then denied a gay dating ad for the Superbowl but approved a pro-life Christian ad. CBS rejected a gay theme ad from GoDaddy.com but allowed Focus on the Family ad which had Christian pro-life football player Tim Tebow as the spokesperson. Going into it, this was not the impression that CBS wanted to make, but they have made it clear that they are more comfortable with conservative Christians rather than Homosexuality. How do you feel about this debate. How would you react if there was a homosexual commercial on a game that is watched all around the world? Do you think CBS should accept all types of ads? Let me know what you think! 

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Below is the Snickers 2007 Superbowl Commercial.




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