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>
> { Online Format: http://www.afa.net/alert/aa000921a.htm }
>
> America Family Association today criticized a new television commercial
> from John Hancock Financial Services, which shows two lesbians adopting a
> baby and declaring themselves a "family."
>
> "What John Hancock has done is to promote same-sex couples as the
> equivalent of a husband and wife," said AFA Vice President Tim Wildmon.
> "That is insulting to millions of people who believe in the sanctity of
> marriage and the family. And it is especially outrageous that the company
> ran the ad during the Olympics, when children are watching."
>
> The commercial shows two women at an airport holding a baby, and one of
> the women whispers to the sleeping baby, "This is your new home." In the
> conversation, the viewer hears that the child's "papers"? evidently
> adoption papers? are in the diaper bag.
>
> Then one says, "Can you believe this?.We're a family."
>
> A slightly different version of the ad ran at the end of July. The comment
> about the lesbians being a family was followed by one woman saying,
> "You'll make a great mom," to which the other responds, "So will you."
>
> The controversy over that version led to a Chicago Tribune story by
> Barbara Brotman. When Brotman contacted John Hancock, she was told that
> the company was deleting the comments about family and motherhood.
> However, the newer version of the commercial only drops the comments about
> motherhood.
>
> "I have little doubt that, after the Chicago Tribune story ran, the
> company came under tremendous pressure from homosexual activists. John
> Hancock apparently buckled," Wildmon said.
>
> In its own defense, John Hancock told Brotman, "We absolutely were not
> trying to communicate or promote or endorse one particular lifestyle or
> another."
>
> Wildmon, however, found that too hard to believe. "That's preposterous.
> Would the ad look any different if the company were promoting lesbian
> families? The truth is, John Hancock took a page out of the homosexual
> playbook and declared two lesbians with a baby to be a family."
>
> ACTION NEEDED
>
> Please contact the John Hancock Company and politely ask them to stop the
> promotion of homosexuality to our children through the television
> advertisement. Inform Chairman Brown that this fierce attack on the
> institution of the American family will weigh heavily upon your current
> and future choice of insurance provider.
>
> John Hancock Co.
> Chrm. Stephen L. Brown
> P.O. Box 111
> Boston, MA 02117
> Ph 617-572-6000
> Toll Free 1-800-732-5543
> Fax 617-572-5935
> Email
> https://secure.jhancock.com/reach/contact_website.html?reachus_main
> Or, point your browser to http://www.johnhancock.com and then click HOW TO
> REACH US and WEB SITE FEEDBACK.
>
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> "The man who stands by and says nothing when the peril of his government
is discussed, cannot be misunderstood. If not hindered, he is sure to help
the enemy."
> - Abraham Lincoln
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