focus on the family

It was controversial for CBS to accept an anti-abortion ad from group Focus on the Family. But long before the game started, Focus had already accomplished its goal of communicating a pro-life message through the vehicle of affable college-football star Tim Tebow and his mother.

For the past week, CBS has been under fire for accepting an ad, starring college football star Tim Tebow, from the Christian-conservative group Focus on the Family opposing abortion. Now a gay dating site is taking advantage of the dust-up, asking: If them, why not us?

Calling CBS' decision to accept an advocacy ad to air in the Super Bowl "outrageous," women's groups are urging the network to pull a Focus on the Family commercial and asking like-minded people to sign a petition. The Women's Media Center, a non-profit group that was founded in 2005 by Jane...

For years, television networks have vetoed advocacy ads created by the likes of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and MoveOn.org from airing in the Super Bowl. The reason? The ads were designed to raise controversy by featuring risque acts with vegetables (see PETA's 2009...

Recently, newspapers, magazines, and the internet have been buzzing with articles about the declining economy and its effect on relationships. Apparently, while there are numerous reasons for marital strife, most therapists agree that the biggest cause of friction between spouses is money. In fact,...