Left-wing rule

Poor Carrie Prejean. The 22-year-old ex-Miss California just didn’t see it coming.

But then again, it’s no surprise this misguided young woman was kicked to the curb in June after her x-rated video was released to the public. After all—even at the tender age of 17—that’s no way for a beauty queen to behave (though Paris Hilton may disagree).

But before we let our emotions get the better of us, let’s take a look back to when Perez Hilton, judge number 8 for the Miss-USA 2009 pageant, asked Miss Prejean a question that, allegedly, ended her beauty queen career.

“Vermont recently became the fourth state that legalized same-sex marriages. Do you think every state should follow suit, why or why not?”

The answer:

Kudos to her for not breaking a sweat over the question—other beauty queens have stumbled over less.

For Prejean, “how she was raised” shaped the foundation of her belief that marriage should be between a man and a woman.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m all for free speech and standing up for what you believe in but what bothers me is her blatant disregard for the young boys and girls sitting at home listening to her words.

She calls them ‘family values’ but not every family shares hers. Did she honestly think only heterosexual people watch beauty pageants? It’s quite clear this isn’t the case—Perez Hilton being an obvious example.

A same-sex couple could have easily been sitting at home, with their children, watching the show like any other couple. How do you explain to your child, after they’ve just heard from the horse’s mouth that the ‘kind’ of family they have isn’t ‘right’?

It’s laughable a beauty queen would have the gall to say that. There’s your typical heteronormative privilege rearing its ugly head again and it’s sickening.

In response to her answer, (Perez) Hilton posted this Youtube video:

He makes a number of valid points in regards to her half-assed answer.
For one, she was booed. It’s clear even the audience didn’t appreciate what she said. Not only that, but according to Hilton, it may have been the ‘first time in Miss-USA ever that a contestant has been booed’.
Whether it’s true or not doesn’t matter. It’s apparent what she said was way out of line.

He goes on to say she didn’t win (she was runner-up) not because she’s against gay marriage but because she’s a “dumb bitch.” As outrageous that is for a judge to say, it’s the truth.

It’s the truth because, as Hilton says, she could have easily formed her answer that didn’t include her own bias—she could have given an answer which avoided the alienation of many US citizens.

A beauty queen isn’t there to steer her own political agenda. She’s supposed to represent the people—this isn’t a rep. by pop. kind of deal—it’s her job to “inspire” and “unite” everyone.

Hell, if she had won, I would have near-assaulted her by grabbing her tiara and running out the door too.

To eat up the attention surrounding the debate, Larry King got her on his show:

These are the painful results:

Prejean didn’t lose because she ‘blew’ it with her anti-gay marriage stance. She blew it because she’s an immature child who didn’t want to lose.

I’m actually glad she published a book. Maybe people will start taking this seriously.

To top it all off, here are a few words from the “enlightened” and religiously inspired Stephen Baldwin on this issue—(and enjoy all the other lovely misguided individuals who use the bible as a means to back up why same-sex marriage is ‘bad’:

Now Baldwin. The bible does not “clearly indicate” anything. Unless you’re telling me you agree women should be chattel, we should abstain from sex before marriage (whole other can of worms…), men can have more than one wife (so much for the “sanctity” of marriage) and if we dare plant more than one kind of crop in our gardens, we should be shot down dead.

Not to mention, there’s a “New Testament” which was written decades after Jesus Christ. Now, I don’t want to get into a religious debate here because that’s clearly not the point—but if you’re going to use a religious text that is already contested in modern-day society, then your argument will, time and time again, fall short of making its point.

I find it amusing that he takes offense at the idea that because he “believes” in the bible, he’s being “persecuted” against for wanting a “traditional” marriage. Give me a break. Don’t make this about you, because it’s clearly not.

The divorce rate is through the roof and its steadily climbing, so let’s just face facts. People are doing drugs, drinking themselves silly, having promiscuous sex and literally doing everything and anything that obviously goes against your supposed bible.

Don’t bring religion into same-sex marriage, is all I’m saying.
When you do, it tells me you’re not really listening to what’s really going on. Gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender, transsexuals, two-spirited and queer individuals exist. They’re people. Just like everyone else. Because they’re people, they have rights. And by telling them they don’t have the right to marry, by saying what they want ‘isn’t right’ and that it goes against ‘tradition’—you’re silencing them.

The way you, Carrie Prejean, felt silenced.

Perhaps you’ll take this time to know what it’s like to be dismissed and “booed” by many people.

Maybe then you’ll understand why you were.