Tim Tebow, Anti-Gay?

by Michael Jones · 2010-01-15 12:45:00 UTC
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Tim TebowTim Tebow, the Heisman-winning college football star who was a rockstar for the University of Florida's football team these last few years, has signed on to do a 30-second commercial for the vehemently anti-gay organization Focus on the Family. The real kicker (football pun intended): the commercial is set to run during the Super Bowl. Twice.

Now, you might be thinking, "Hey, didn't Focus on the Family have to lay-off a boatload of staff these past two years? How the hell are they going to pay for TWO 30-second spots during the most watched television program of the entire year?" That's a pretty good question, and one that should have donors to Focus on the Family scratching their heads.

See, Focus on the Family has eliminated 275 staff positions over the past two years, telling 275 employees and their families to pack up their bags. Yet two 30-second spots during the Super Bowl should flush out about $5 million from Focus on the Family's coffers. Huh, $5 million. I bet that could have saved ... well, pretty much all of those jobs that Focus on the Family eliminated.

But whatever. Family values only really apply when you're commenting on other people's family.

Here's hoping Tim Tebow knows what he's getting into, though. Does Tim Tebow know that he's supporting an organization that has called gay marriage perverted and has said that homosexuals want to destroy human civilization? Does Tim Tebow know that he's supporting an organization that believes you can repair homosexuality, and that sexual orientation is a condition that can be treated? Does Tim Tebow know he's supporting an organization whose founder has said that sex education strips girls of their modesty?

We could go on.

Oh well. Maybe Tim Tebow has decided that since a future in the NFL is not looking so bright, he can always fall back on the homophobia of the radical religious right to keep his name out there.

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Michael Jones is a Change.org Editor. He has worked in the field of human rights communications for a decade, most recently for Harvard Law School.
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