One Million Moms Vs Tylenol

What took them so long?

Gay and lesbian couples are featured prominently in Tylenol's new #HowWeFamily campaign, which aims to change the face of the American family. A same sex prom couple and two gay dads with a baby are among those featured in the campaign's first TV ad. A voiceover declares, "Family isn't defined by who you love, but how."

Tylenol is glorifying all modern family types by stating a family is based on love not traditional marriage, and then showing gay couples with their children. One Million Moms believes family is based on love, but this does not justify normalizing sin. 1MM does not agree with the need for Tylenol to support same sex marriages or couples.

Plus, Tylenol recently used a lesbian couple shown nose to nose in a printed magazine ad. It was included in Good Housekeeping June 2015issue on page 21, to name one example. At the bottom of the ad it states that Tylenol is a national corporate partner with the Human Rights Campaign.

Companies should advertise the quality of their products, or in this case, how and when to take a medication and why it works. They should not be highlighting who is attracted to whom or who sleeps with whom. This is a marketing decision Tylenol will regret. This gay-inclusive commercial is attempting to desensitize viewers. There is concern about the way this ad is pushing the LGBT agenda, but an even greater concern is the way that they are attempting to redefine "family."

TAKE ACTION: Please contact Tylenol (owned by Johnson & Johnson) through our website urging them to pull this inappropriate commercial immediately and remain neutral in the culture war. Also, let Tylenol know that continuing to air this ad and other offensive advertisements in the future will force your family to make the decision to no longer purchase Tylenol or Johnson & Johnson products.

Memo to One Million Moms, Brian Brown and Franklin Graham: Johnson & Johnson is ranked at #39 on the Fortune 500 with over $75 billion in sales last year. Among its consumer brands are Activue, Band-Aid, K-Y, Listerine, Rogaine, Rolaids, and Sudafed.

New Tylenol Ad Stars Gay Couples

Ad Age reports:

Johnson & Johnson's Tylenol today breaks a new #HowWeFamily campaign that celebrates the diversity of modern families -- depicting gay, lesbian, immigrant and biracial families in a 30-second spot from J. Walter Thompson, New York. The work builds on Tylenol's modern take on the Norman Rockwell family last December -- which kicked off its "What Matters Most" campaign -- with a new full-fledged integrated effort. The new campaign's initial TV ad, which will begin airing on TV next week, is part of a three-month effort that will include in-depth videos on 10 real families from around the U.S., a "docu-short" on changing American families, and results of a national survey on families, all housed on a microsite -- HowWeFamily.com.

Janet Porter: Boycott Tylenol For Including A Family With Two Moms In Their Ad

Tylenol is made by a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, so Porter should probably also boycott their other OTC healthcare products: Sudafed, Pepcid, Motrin, Immodium, Mylanta, Benadryl, and Zyrtec. Better get that flu shot, huh?