Miss California loses over gay question - but doesn’t care
April 21st, 2009
The runner-up of Sunday’s Miss USA beauty pageant, Carrie Prejean - aka Miss California - says she lost because she doesn’t believe in gay marriage.
During the competition the would-be beauty queen was asked about her opinion on gay marriage celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.
“Well, I think it’s great that Americans are able to choose one or another,” answered Prejean. “Um, we live in a land that you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage.
“And, you know what? In my country and in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised and that’s how I think that it should be - between a man and a woman. Thank you!”
Prejean came second in the pagaent to Miss North Carolina, which Prejean attributes directly to the gay marriage question.
“It did cost me my crown,” Prejean told radio presenter Billy Bush in an interview the next day. “I wouldn’t have had it any other way. I said what I feel. I stated an opinion that was true to myself and that’s all I can do.”
“It is a very touchy subject and he [Perez] is a homosexual and I see where he was coming from and I see the audience would’ve wanted me to be more politically correct,” she added. “But I was raised in a way that you can never compromise your beliefs and your opinions for anything.”
Prejean also revealed that her sister - who is a gay rights activist but not gay herself - was not offended by the answer.
Despite losing, Prejean says she feels like the winner because she has received 1,000 messages on Facebook and 2,000 friend requests since the pageant.
everyone is entitled to their opinion.at least she wasn’t offensive with her answer,she was just honest.
monkeygirl ∼ April 24th, 2009 9:56 amBut her “honesty” is in itself bigotry. You may hold the opinion that black people don’t deserve the vote, or that women shouldn’t be paid the same as men, or that gay people shouldn’t get married, but should you express it in public and be allowed to get away with it just because you were being “honest”? Er, no.
Alexis ∼ April 24th, 2009 2:44 pmyes,it was in poor taste for it to be done in public,and she has a reponsability for her comment,but my WIFE’s grandparents after our wedding said that this sort of thing wouldn’t of happened in their day,but they were very happy for their grand daughter.does this make them bigots too.
monkeygirl ∼ April 25th, 2009 10:58 am