John Hancock Insurance Taking a Risk

John Hancock, the insurance company, has done a very courageous thing. They put together a series of commercials to be shown during the Olympics. They are pretty nontraditional and one of them shows 2 women at the airport where they are just bringing home their newly adopted Asian baby. They congratulate each other on what great moms they'll be, etc. It is clear they are a couple and this is a lesbian adoption.

They aired this commercial during the gymnastics trials last week and the right wing went nuts and bombarded John Hancock Co. with nasty phone calls. There is a strong chance Hancock will pull this commercial and it will never be seen during the Olympics if they don't hear some (Many!) positive responses as well.

Please email them and have everyone you know do the same. Four TV stations said they wouldn't show it and Hancock stood up to them saying they wanted it in writing why they refused. They then all agreed to show it! Let's give Hancock the Kudos that they deserve.

Here are the email directions: Go to: Http://www.jhancock.com. When you are at the website, click on "how to reach us" in the left menu bar. The screen that it brings up will have a hyperlink "website feedback." Use this to send them your thoughts on the commercial. Tell them you saw the "2 women & baby commercial" and then praise it, praise them, and ask to please continue to air it. You also can let them know if you're in the market for insurance if you'd like or you can opt out of that choice.

Thank you. Pass it on.