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April 22, 2009

Oh, Save the BullSh*t Beauty Pageant Outrage, For God's Sake

You know, I don't agree with her one iota, BUT. She gets FULL marks in my book for being true to her beliefs, when it most certainly would have been both lucrative and expedient to throw them under the bus.

Miss California Feels Backlash From Former Hollywood Friends and Colleagues

Former Miss USA Shanna Moakler, who is now the director of the Miss California USA pageant, spent the last few weeks in Las Vegas actively promoting her pageant princess, Carrie Prejean.

But Moakler and her business partner, Keith Lewis, a strong activist against Proposition 8, were so infuriated over Prejean’s answer to Perez Hilton’s gay marriage question during Sunday’s crowning, they refused to make contact with the San Diego native after the show.

...Prejean, a student at San Diego Christian College, is studying to become a special education teacher and spends her spare time volunteering for the Best Buddies non profit organization, a program that helps people with disabilities. Prejean is also a volunteer for the Special Olympics.

But according to Equality California, a statewide advocacy group dedicated to winning equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, Prejean’s views on gay marriage don't fit with those of her generation.


And that means...what? She's a beauty queen, for crying out loud, not ambassador to the Netherlands. As for her "handlers", what did they expect, knowing she went to a Christian college? HOW could this be a surprise? HOW? Well, then again, being from California/"Hollywood", they probably expected her to do the...lucrative and expedient thing. It's a business after all.

And Perez Hilton ALSO knew she went to a Christian college, so, being from California, he did the complete gay d*ckhead thing and put her on the spot for her religion. Not the other pertinent...attributes...that comprise winning such a completely vacuous exercise. Her religion. If it was so all fired important to know where she stood on the matter, schmaybe someone in California's pageant hierarchy could have asked the same question a little earlier in the process. But no one DID, because...I would have to guess it didn't matter as far as beauty pageant qualifications.

I'll bet you that whole "Christian" college thing caused Perez's purple pointy head to explode the second he saw it and he went gunning for her. Which would be perfectly acceptable had everyone else had been asked a question regarding the aspect of their personal beliefs which might be outside "generational" norms. Level the playing field, as it were. Wanna take a wager she's pro-life, too? (You're asking yourself, "How can she be so sure...?") Almost an intellectual exercise, right? But they didn't because, it's...well...a "beauty" pageant, not the National Religious Leadership Roundtable. Can she smile, is she pretty, does she fall when she walks, can she speak pleasantly? Yes, yes, no, yes ~ she wins.

Simple, simple formula for a reason ~ there's just not much more to the job than that.

Good for her.

Posted by tree hugging sister at April 22, 2009 08:06 AM

Comments

I cringed at the Perez Hilton smackdown of her.

I fear we are FAST heading towards Homer Simpson's "The Code of the Playground" - where you don't DARE say anything unless you're absolutely sure the other guy agrees with you.

This is a sort of McCarthyism. I wonder how soon they start asking, "Are you now, or have you ever been...." (insert item of choice: A Christian, a Republican, pro-life, a gun owner, a meat-eater...)

Posted by: ricki at April 22, 2009 10:12 AM

I agree wholeheartedly, ricki.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at April 22, 2009 10:35 AM

Ms Prejean needs to come out and say, "I agree with Pres. Obama and VP Biden that marriage is between a man and a woman".. See what kind of reaction THAT gets...
Plus, seems like a set-up, especially if they knew what college she went too.

Posted by: Heidi at April 22, 2009 01:27 PM

Oh, you betcha, Heidi!

Posted by: tree hugging sister at April 22, 2009 01:31 PM

"But according to Equality California, a statewide advocacy group dedicated to winning equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people,"

News flash, there is no such thing as a "right to marriage" for anyone. Find another way to shake down insurance companies for free cash.

Posted by: Gunslinger at April 22, 2009 05:00 PM