From CNN-
From rejected religiously-themed TV ads to players kneeling in prayer, Super Bowl XLV had no shortage of faithy moments.
Even before opening kick off there were faith-based controversies.
An ad uploaded in a make-your-own-Super-Bowl-ad competition featured a priest swapping out communion bread for Doritos and wine for Pepsi - which owns Doritos and sponsored the contest – in hopes of boosting church attendance.
USA Today reported that the ad was widely criticized and pulled from the competition's website.
Next came JesusHatesObama.com, a political novelty t-shirt company that had dueling bobble heads of Jesus and Obama. The company said Fox rejected its ad. Fox didn't comment.
The Fixed Point Foundation, a group that promotes Christianity in the public square, told CNN that Fox rejected its proposed Super Bowl ad last June.
In the ad, people watching a football game spy the phrase John 3:16 - a New Testament verse popular among evangelical Christians – on a player's eye black. A man in the ad says he's going to look it up, with the ad directing viewers to lookup316.com.
Fixed Point Executive Director Larry Taunton said Fox told him his commercial was rejected because it contained "religious doctrine," though he said the ad avoided featuring the actual words of the verse.
More here-
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/07/the-super-bowls-faithy-moments/
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