David J Bauman

“Maybe your group could work to wipe out hunger. Or to ensure health care for families. Or to expose and obliterate sexual abuse and exploitation of kids. Maybe you could put your Christian values to work gathering up toys — or, I don’t know, coats? — for kids that might not otherwise have them come Christmas. Objecting to this particular ad because it somehow “promotes” or “threatens” anything is so patently ridiculous that I’m kind of surprised that the Moms didn’t opt to bank what shreds of credibility they might have left and just sit this one out. If you really live the kind of life where a woman simply appearing on your TV screen can be construed — even as a huge stretch — to be a problem of any kind, frankly you should be spending less time being outraged, and more time on your knees, tearfully thanking that God of yours for giving you such an easy and obstacle-free road to walk.”