Miss California: Much Ado About Nothing?

By now, I am sure you are all aware of the events surrounding the Miss USA 2009 Pageant and the comments made by Miss California, Carrie Prejean. When asked by Perez Hilton regarding her views on homosexual marriage, she stated that, due to the way she was brought up and due to her Christian faith, she thinks that gay marriage is wrong. However, having the freedoms that we do in America, it is still somebody's choice to choose how they live.

Now, I am having a problem with seeing what the problem is with her statement. After all, it is consistent with the opinion that President Obama stated on the campaign trail. And, after all, he is all-wise. So if she agrees with the one who can do no wrong, then she should be applauded. Also, she never says that we should do away with gay people. All she is saying is that she believes they should not marry.

Well, the militant homosexual movement is doing everything they can to destroy this woman for having an opinion. And let's keep in mind that she did not come out and just offer her opinion. They asked her for it. I guess they were expecting a politically correct answer that you would expect to hear at a beauty pageant.

They are using the fact that she said she was a Christian to attack her. She must be some sort of bigot and gay-basher. Now, they are railing on her for posing for provocative photographs. Granted, these pictures should not have happened, and I am not going to defend the fact that she posed for the pictures. This is not the point of my posting. However, since the militants are unable to debate, in an educated manner, what she said concerning gay marriage, they are trying to attack her on a different front. They say that she is a hypocrite for not being consistent in her Christian beliefs. They are using this issue to destroy the person.

Also, why is she under attack for posing for these kinds of photos while Miss Rhode Island did that same thing, She is not being put under the microscope for this. Shouldn't there be equal treatment? To the militants, this does not matter, becasue they do not care about the fact she posed for the pictures. It is all about destroying the person that disagrees with them. This is typical Larry Flynt politics.

Now, I have several questions regarding this whole situation:

1. When did it start to matter what Miss USA contestants thought about social issues? We all know that this is a beauty pageant, not a philosophy round table. Let's face it, people who watch beauty pageants are not interested in the political leanings of the contestants. It is all about looks, not brains.
2. Why would they let someone like Perez Hilton be a judge? Surely, the organizers should have known something like this was going to happen.
3. Why would they allow such a politically charged question to be asked? Since they did not know what the answer was going to be, they should have known that this would cause controversy, no matter what the answer would be.
4. What happened to free speech? While George Bush was President, free speech was something that the militants were always in favor of, especially if it demeaned then-President Bush. If you disagree with them, you are basically guilty of hate speech. Now, where is the hypocrisy?
5. Are these pageants relevant? Should we be allowing a beauty pageant (and now the press) to set the tone on the national discourse? Do people actually even watch these pageants anymore?
6. Is Donald Trump using this situation to gain publicity for himself and the Miss USA Pageant? Of course, he is. And he is playing it for all it is worth.

I am sure that Carrie Prejean wishes that this would go away. I applaud her for standing by her views that gay marriage is wrong. She is not backing down from that. However, we all need to be aware of the situations we put ourselves in, because they could come back to bite us at some point in the future.