Gary Palmer: Controversial ad is ultimate “feel good” story

  An unusual thing happened in the weeks prior to the 44th Super Bowl. As you know, Super Bowl ads have become just about as anticipated as the game itself. But this year, one ad in particular created a level of controversy unlike any other Super Bowl ad.

  It was a serious ad about a choice a mother made to go against her doctors’ advice to have an abortion to protect her health.  Instead, she had her baby. That baby was Tim Tebow, the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback for the University of Florida and perhaps the most recognizable collegiate athlete in sports history.

  Tebow and his mother Pam were featured in the ad sponsored by Focus on the Family, a Colorado Springs, Colorado-based Christian family ministry. It sparked responses from so-called pro-choice and feminist groups that offended even members of the liberal media.