{"id":4096,"date":"2010-02-25T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/02\/controversy-over-another-focus-on-the-family-ad.html"},"modified":"2010-02-25T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T02:00:00","slug":"controversy-over-another-focus-on-the-family-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/02\/controversy-over-another-focus-on-the-family-ad.html","title":{"rendered":"Controversy over another Focus on the Family ad"},"content":{"rendered":"

This time, it’s spot that appeared on the web.<\/p>\n

From the AP: <\/a><\/p>\n

\nWeeks after scoring a publicity coup with a 30-second Super Bowl ad featuring Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, conservative Christian group Focus on the Family is at the center of another marketing tug-of-war — this time involving the major governing body of college sports.<\/p>\n

The National Collegiate Athletic Association removed a Focus on the Family banner ad from one of its Web sites this week, NCAA spokesman Bob Williams said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The NCAA made the decision after some of its members — including faculty and athletic directors — expressed concern that the evangelical group’s stance against gay and lesbian relationships conflicted with the NCAA’s policy of inclusion regardless of sexual orientation, Williams said.<\/p>\n

The ad in question was not about sexuality. It featured a father holding his son and the words, “All I want for my son is for him to grow up knowing how to do the right thing.” Like the Tebow ad, it included the address of Focus on the Family’s Web site and the slogan, “Celebrate Family. Celebrate Life.”<\/p>\n

Focus on the Family spokesman Gary Schneeberger said that if such material were “all of a sudden labeled hate speech, we have deeper problems in our country than we even know.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Check out the link for more details.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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