Tim Tebow will be appearing in a commercial during this year’s Super Bowl, and the 30-second ad has raised the ire of some who are demanding that it be censored or not shown.

What is the ad promoting? A soft-drink? Football? A pitch for one of Tebow’s favorite sports shoes?

No. He’s just glad he’s alive, and wants to say so.

Who could possibly be offended about that? The National Organization of Women.

The theme of the commercial is “Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life.” A Washington Times article reported that the Tebows agreed to participate because “the issue of life is one they feel strongly about.” As a result, the ad is widely expected to focus on Mrs. Tebow’s pregnancy with Tim, when she was encouraged by doctors to abort him.

The fact that groups like NOW are objecting to a pro-life ad is not surprising.

But what is surprising is the ridiculously illogical statement by Terry O’Neill, the president of the National Organization of Women, who said she had respect for the private choices made by women such as Pam Tebow but condemned the ad as “extraordinarily offensive and demeaning.”

“That’s not being respectful of other people’s lives,” O’Neill said. “It is offensive to hold one way out as being a superior way over everybody else’s.”

Say what???

What about the lives of those still in the womb? Do they warrant respect?