By Albert Lin
The Coca-Cola Company became the first company to feature a same-gender couple in a Super Bowl ad when its “It’s Beautiful” spot ran during the second quarter of Sunday’s game.
In the 60-second spot, scenes of life around the United States unspool while America the Beautifulsung in several different languagesplays in the background. The ad celebrates the country’s diversity by featuring people of different races/ethnicities as well as orientation: At the 43-second mark of the below clip, a gay couple is shown at a roller-skating rink with their daughter.
