{"id":16177,"date":"2010-02-03T15:12:45","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T19:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=16177"},"modified":"2017-03-10T22:22:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T22:22:08","slug":"tebow-cbs-perpetual-adolescents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2010\/02\/03\/tebow-cbs-perpetual-adolescents\/","title":{"rendered":"Tebow, CBS & Perpetual Adolescents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Honestly, I don\u2019t know if this is farce or tragedy<\/strong> or a little bit of both, but this Super Bowl Ad featuring Tim Tebow is certainly making a mark, even before it airs.<\/p>\n

Bookworm, a classical liberal still living and working (under some cover) in a \u201cprogressive\u201d enclave has declared that Tebow is the sort of man she\u2019d like her daughter to date<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t think of a better lesson for young people. And that\u2019s why I want my daughter to date a man like Tebow: someone who has principles every mother can love, and who, in a culture obsessed with sex, is proud of those principles.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, despite the fact that 99% of the families in my ultra liberal community would draw back in revulsion at the thought of their child dating an evangelical Christian, I can guarantee you that 100% of them would be dancing on air if they knew that their daughter\u2019s date, because of a deep commitment to and reverence for women and the sanctity of marriage, wasn\u2019t trying to get his hands in their daughter\u2019s pants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You\u2019ll want to read the whole thing<\/strong>. Bookie has some thoughts about the failures of sex-education programs, which are interesting in light of this report that Obama is cutting funding<\/a> for those sex ed programs that include teaching abstinence which, um, even the Washington Post admits, seem to be more effective<\/a>.
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\nDirectly after reading Bookworm\u2019s<\/strong> thoughtful and mature take on Tebow and the whole brouhaha, which defines the tragedy of a society out of alignment with common sense, a reader sent along this bit of pathetic farce<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The post makes a point of the fact that last week Newsweek and other mainstream outlets tried to portray the pro-life movement as \u201caging\u201d<\/a>, when it is anything but.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile \u2013<\/strong>and here is your language warning, so stop reading<\/em> if you can\u2019t take a swearword<\/strong> \u2013 say hello to the perpetual adolescents who have chosen a nursery rhyme (complete with the word \u201cbullshit\u201d! Look at us! We\u2019re saying \u201cbullshit!\u201d) to make their tired point. Really, it\u2019s so pathetic that it\u2019s sad. These women are clearly reliving a glory day: \u201cWe\u2019re speaking truth to power and daring to say \u2018bullshit,\u2019 because we\u2019re edgy and daring and so counter-cultural! Oh, 1968, why did you ever, ever leave us? Why can\u2019t we recapture those glorious days!\u201d<\/p>\n

Also, do read Msgr. Charles Pope<\/strong> and his thoughts on how Modesty is reverence for mystery<\/a> -something we used to understand.<\/p>\n

Related:<\/strong>
\nPorn is more addictive than Cocaine or Heroin<\/a>
\nRe Tebow, Sally Jenkins goes off<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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