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CBS rejects gay Super Bowl ad
Apparently a commercial featuring two male football fans making out is too much for Super Bowl fans.
CBS refuses to air the commercial for the internet dating site ManCrunch.com during Super Bowl XLIV Feb. 7, according to Entertainment Weekly and CNBC.
In the humorous ad, men smooch after their hands touch while they watch a football game. (See the commercial for yourself below.)
ManCrunch.com spokeswoman Elissa Buchter told CNBC that she thought CBS simply didn’t want anything to do with a gay issue.
“If it were a heterosexual couple or even two women, it probably would have gotten approved,” she said.
CBS told Entertainment Weekly the following:
“After reviewing the ad — which is entirely commercial in nature — our Standards and Practices department decided not to accept this particular spot.”
CBS drew considerable heat from women’s groups earlier this week after accepting an anti-abortion ad for this Super Bowl earlier staring football star Tim Tebow.
You decide. Should the ad be accepted?
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