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Phil Simms, Former Giants Agree With Tim Tebow's Thoughts on Life

The Washington Post posted a video today courtesy of the American Life League that features many prominent members of the 1987 Super Bowl Champion New York Giants talking about their thoughts on abortion. By the sound of it, they're against it.



Now, this video was not a Super Bowl ad, so the comparison's to Tim Tebow's upcoming spot on Sunday isn't entirely fair. But it is worth noting that one of the most prominent participants of the video for this Catholic anti-abortion group is Phil Simms, who will be calling the game in the booth for CBS.

It's also fair to point out that of all the members of the Giants in the video, Simms had the least heavy hand, basically just reading statistics on the number of abortions per year and talking about how, after reading that stat in the paper, his Super Bowl stats suddenly became "very insignificant."

That's nothing compared to Mark Bavaro talking about "abortion death squads" and making the sign of the cross "in prayer for the condemned unborn," or Jim Burt's pre-teen son sitting on his shoulders telling his dad "I love you dad. It's great to be alive."

Wow. I wonder if Tebow will be atop his mom's shoulders this weekend. Now that's a good Super Bowl ad.

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A) That picture is what the Brady Bunch looked like if Florence Henderson ditched Mike after 3 white kids and then married Tony Dorsett.

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B) I’ll take Mark Bavaro for the block….

by L'etat, c'est moi on Feb 1, 2010 2:30 PM EST reply actions  

We’ve gathered up along party lines so forcefully that we’ve forgotten to look at the inhumanity of it all. 3 million unborn children every year get killed before they even get to see the light of day. And to perpetuate the process those that do survive have good chance to be reared by parents that already killed an offspring and therefore are taught to do the same. No wonder the X-Gen’ers will die off long before the Boomers, they’ve killed half their children via abortions or have their reproductive organs surgically removed.  
 
And then look at the comment above. All this guy can comment on is the asthetics of the commercial, not the substance.

by slughand on Feb 1, 2010 3:08 PM EST reply actions  

I’m starting to like the NY Giants.

by Radatz on Feb 1, 2010 3:40 PM EST reply actions  

I’m not here to judge.  I thank my unwed mom who came from a poor family for making the decision to have me.  I know I was ten times more blessed by my dad coming back into my mom’s life just before I was born— they are still happily married to this day.  I understand many women don’t luck out and find themselves young, pregnant, and alone. But speaking for bastards from poor families everywhere, we CAN amount to something.  Just give us a chance.

by umich4life on Feb 1, 2010 4:23 PM EST reply actions  

And isn’t that the worst kind of murder, executing a living being before they even have a chance to speak for themselves? It’s a crime against all mankind not to give "bastards from poor families everywhere" a chance. But it’s not just poor families, it’s also the affluent who will slice it out if it doesn’t fit their racial and social parameters.

by slughand on Feb 1, 2010 5:13 PM EST reply actions  

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