Anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera on
Thursday denounced a Coca-Cola commercial which played during the
Super Bowl for including a gay family.
The 1-minute ad, titled It's
Beautiful, premiered during the second quarter of Super Bowl
XLVIII.
According
to GLAAD, this is the first Super Bowl commercial to feature a
gay family.
America the Beautiful is played
in the ad over images of diverse Americans, including two dads
roller-skating with their daughter.
“Coke's Super Bowl ad is only the
latest step in the escalating government-corporate campaign to
normalize homosexuality in the culture,” LaBarbera, president of
Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, told Christian outlet
LifeSiteNews.
“Americans are being conditioned to
accept sexual perversion as normal and good, and there is some big
corporate money behind it. It's sad that families can't even watch
the Super Bowl anymore without having their faith undermined.”
“Common sense, reason, and centuries
of Judeo-Christian history tell us that it is best for children to
have a mom and a dad. This is what responsible companies should
celebrate. Yet instead Coke chose to pander to the 'Gay' Lobby by
honoring homosexual parenting – in this case a household that
intentionally denies children a mother.”
RightWingWatch
points out that America the Beautiful was written by Katherine
Lee Bates, a lesbian.