The Miss USA pageant aired last night. It was the usual: big hair, bikinis and ball gowns. But then the program all of sudden became a hotbed of political controversy.
Judge Perez Hilton, the popular entertainment blogger, asked Miss California, Carrie Prejean, a question about gay marriage. And I guess you could say, all hell broke loose.
Perez asked:"Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit? Why or why not?"
Prejean said: “We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite. And you know what, I think in my country, 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.”
Hilton, to say the least, was visibly upset by Prejean's answer. Even Keith Lewis, who runs the Miss California competition, expressed his dismay in a statement to FOXNews.com, saying that he was "saddened and hurt that Miss California believes marriage rights belong only to a man and a woman."
On the Today show, Hilton said Prejean was exclusive and that Miss USA should be inclusive. But Prejean stood by her response, admitting that it may have cost her the crown.
She told Today Show host Matt Lauer, “It’s not about being politically correct; for me, it was being biblically correct.”
What do you think?
Should Prejean have said a more "politically correct" answer?
What do you think about the question? Do you think it was fair?
Do you believe she should have been penalized for expressing her personal beliefs?
1 comment:
I applaud her for standing firm in what she believes. She entered a pageant or social arena where you SHOULD be politically correct, but you don't HAVE to be. Hence, she lost the crown and she's ok with that. Better to be true to yourself than to others.
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