(1st John 3:13)
The “Miss U.S.A.” pageant is over, and Carrie Prejean, Miss California did not win. Miss North Carolina did win, a beautiful and talented young lady to be sure, but under the circumstances, one must wonder if Miss California was not a victim of bigotry.
It all stems from her answer to the very politically charged question she was asked as a part of the competitive pageant process. The question, from Perez Hilton, a well-known gay activist was:
“Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit, why or why not?”
Her response was:
“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…”
For expressing her views, Mr. Hilton openly called her a dumb (expletive) and said that if she had won, he would have gone up on stage and taken her crown. Hmmm…. Being a judge, I wonder how he scored her for answering the question honestly, rather than politically correctly?
In an interview with Matt Lauer, one of the hosts of NBC’s Today Show, Matt essentially asked Mr. Hilton how he expected Carrie to answer the question. He replied,
“I expected Miss California to have been prepared for that question, especially because she is Miss California, the state that recently passed Proposition #8 banning gays and lesbians from marrying”
But she was prepared to answer Mr. Hilton’s question. As a matter of fact, she apparently answered the question the same way over 52% of the voters in California answered it in a recent election where the decision was against same sex marriage.
Matt Lauer again asked Mr. Hilton, “Are we ushering in a new era here, where these contestants are going to be subjectively judged on political and moral and religious beliefs?” To which Hilton replied, “I hope not Matt. I personally would have appreciated it had she left her politics and her religion out because Miss U.S.A. represents all Americans.”
Really? You hope not, Mr. Hilton? Then why ask a question that obviously involves both politics and religion? And I have to wonder if Mr. Hilton would have been equally as upset had the political and religious view she expressed been the same as his?
Why is this guy a judge at a Miss U.S.A. pageant in the first place? And why does a nation such as ours give him such a public voice?
Are you paying attention, Christian? If you don’t think we are at war, think again.
Marty Kessler