So the Church of Excesses (AKA the NFL) doesn't want the Church of Jesus Christ in on their version of Easter Sunday. They have banned one church in one town from having a Super Bowl party and have cited some pretty ridiculous reasons why. An excerpt from the article..."While this may be a noble message," NFL assistant counsel Rachel L. Margolies wrote in a follow-up email, "we are consistent in refusing the use of our game broadcasts in connection with events that promote a message, no matter the content." --Rachel L. Margolies (NFL Representative)
OK NFL, that's a great point, except for the fact that it completely contradicts itself. What about the bars and taverns that use your game broadcasts to bring more alcoholics into their establishments. What about the casinos who are using your broadcast to make millions of dollars in gambling revenues off of the game. Do neither of these things promote a message? Or is it just NOBLE messages you are concerned about. It's perfectly all right with you that the Super Bowl is used to promote the message that alcohol is the answer to your problems and that gambling is a fine pursuit as long as the message is not NOBLE.
What about the commercials? Do they not use the broadcast to promote a message? The girls who will watch the Super Bowl will see their actress peers dressed in "not-enough-pants" and "you-call-that-a-shirts" and they're not promoting a message? That women are sex objects to be used and viewed as such?
A message to the NFL:
Christianity brings hope to the alcoholic and the gambling addict. It promotes morals and ethics that dissuade women from dressing like prostitutes. Therefore it is your enemy. May as well treat it as such. Your organization has brought joy to many, downfall to some. Why not have a policy that reflects both the good and the bad about your league and quit trying to pretend that the NFL isn't promoting a message itself!
BTJ
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