Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad = Free Speech

What a revealing response we’re seeing from so-called women’s rights organizations to the Tim Tebow ad that will be running during Super Bowl XLIV. For instance, Jehmu Greene, president of the Women’s Media Center, stated in her interview with Bill O’Reilly of Fox News, that the reason these groups are upset is because CBS has changed its long held position of not running advocacy ads. But isn’t CBS, or any other media group, perfectly within their rights and discretion to change their minds? Most likely, it was a purely economical decision on their part, but I’m glad CBS has changed their policy even if that means pro-choice ads may be aired during future games. Fundamentally, this argument is about free speech, and I would argue that the real point of contention is not about the medium but about the message.

As Jan Crawford, CBS News Chief Legal Correspondent, has so aptly noted,

“There is a fundamental hypocrisy when so-called women’s advocacy groups try to censure those that disagree with their ideology.”

With recent polls showing 51% of Americans holding a pro-life viewpoint, we ought to be encouraging open conversations, discussions and debate in all forums, not trying to shut them down.