Miss California Carrie Prejean To Campaign Against Gay Marriage

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NEW YORK - The reigning Miss California has gone to Washington to help launch a campaign opposing same-sex marriage.

Carrie Prejean told NBC's "Today" show Thursday that she'll be working with the National Organization for Marriage to "protect traditional marriages."

The 21-year-old says that marriage is "something that is very dear to my heart" and she's in Washington to help save it.

She says many people have thanked her for standing up for traditional marriage.

Prejean was named the first runner-up to Miss North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant April 19. Her response to celebrity blogger Perez Hilton's question about legalizing same-sex marriage may have cost her the title.

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[SILVANUS]

No hope for the brain dead, and sadly, she will be toast when her looks age, unless she hooks a very rich sucker soon. Thank God she does not represent real American women.

[petphotos]

You have the right to say what you want, you do not have the right to expect anyone to take you seriously.

Boob job for a pagaent, that is as phoney as the pagaents themselves.

[merger]

Oh good grief, like they suddenly have become phoney. they have always been a bit ridiculous.

[BruceHNV]

A BIT?

[sicilekira]

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I have one question, though. Is having implants necessary for a traditional marriage? LOL

[nosecretwhoiam]

Perhaps she'd be better at campaigning for women's low self-esteem body issues and how to fit in with the big crowd. I bet she looks like dog poop with her natural hair coloring too. Pretty bland I bet.

[dragonfly2x]

What I'd like to ask her and the other rabid wingnuts who are so opposed to same gender marriage is What does same gender marriage take away from YOU? How does supporting the same rights YOU enjoy but would deny to someone else diminsh you or your rights in ANY way?

How would gay marriage affect your daily life? How would it or could it be even a miniscule detraction from YOU in any way?

The only answer I can find in my heart and mind is it wouldn't and couldn't. Because it has nothing to do with YOU. It has everything to do with freedom of choice, and why so many would want to take that freedom away from certain portions of the population puzzles and bothers me deeply.

WHY are you so bent on curtailing the freedom of other people? YOU have NOTHING TO LOSE and they have alot to gain. So then most of us win. Why on earth would you lobby against a fellow humans right to some basic happiness in life??? How does that attitude promote love ? How does that attitude promote equality?

Sadly it doesn't... it promotes predjudice, fear and violence.

I'm sick of hate, sick of fear mongerers, sick of violence, sick of politics maipulated by religion, lobbyists and big money.

I am sick of predjudice... and this lil missy and her ilk are predjudiced...

Too bad they don't remember that our forefathers were for "Freedom & Justice for ALL"

[JesusItrustinyou]

Also remember, our country was founded on divine laws-our forefathers were very religious. They did not want the country to have the Pope as president-but God and His laws were constantly mentioned. "Do Not Be Afraid" God and good rational christians do not want to persecute you, it is quite the opposite. Tthe forefathers knew we should be concerned when we live in an immoral society-they read and experienced for themselves what happens to such society's.Be a lttle more open minded.

[BruceHNV]

What does all that have to do with Prejean, who has just taken up the persecution banner?

The way in which NOM "supports traditional marriage" is to put the full force and energy of their efforts behind a legal drive to prohibit same-sex marriage.

They do not support or provide marriage counseling, they do not engage in or support premarital education or counseling. They have nothing to do with efforts to reduce domestic violence. They don't run or support diversion programs to counsel people who have filed for divorce in an effort to save the marriage. They are not behind legal efforts to limit or prevent divorce, polygamy, unfaithfuness, adultery, underage marriage, fraudulent marriage, arranges marriage, green-card marriage or marriages of convenience.

Any of these actions they are NOT doing would help prop up "traditional marriage." Instead, they foment fear and hatred of gay marriage and the gay "lifestyle" in general.

How does persecution of gays preserve "traditional marriage?"

[BruceHNV]

And BTW - this country consciously and calculatedly not founded on "divine" laws.

Neither God not His laws are mentioned in the Constitution. This is not an accident.

[oobatzcattlecall]

The puritans were very religious, but they did not found this country. Stop distorting the truth. The later country, the nation, The United States of America was founded by true patriots with the clear understanding that religion DID NOT belong in government.

Why are you looking at this hypocrite and her fake breasts anyway?

[dragonfly2x]

Interesting that you IGNORED the questions in my comment...

When you care to address them we can converse...

[Quaoar]

"the forefathers knew we should be concerned when we live in an immoral society-they read and experienced for themselves what happens to such society's."

"Be a lttle more open minded."

Do you not see the inherent contradiction in those two statements?

[JesusItrustinyou]

Gay marriage isn't about me it has everything to do about God. I will not be quiet and complacent about this, what promotes fear,violence and predjudice is hatred,not religion. I don't know many christians who hate gay people, i do sense a lot of people hating Christians or anyone that acknowledges God and morality. There are natural consequences that will happen if we don't cut this nonsense out. If there was so much happiness and freedom in being gay than they would be the majority,everyone would want to live that lifestyle and this hetersexual lifestyle would have ended like the shakers. I thought gay people can get married it just doesn't get the legal recognition as hetersexuals because it isn't the same.Set your sights higher, aim for real freedoms.

[ZenCrusader]

While I wholly agree with you that the hatred and scorn thrown at the religious and those who believe in God is wrong & would be best were that not the case, it is also true that there is NO reason to deny homosexuals full equal and civil rights including marriage. There are hundreds of advantages that married couples have that unmarried couples do not - many of which are financial and others are crucal such as being able to visit your spouse in the hospital when dying.

[dragonfly2x]

I won't be "quiet and complacent about this" either "JesusItrustinyou"...

Just tell me who in the hell do you think you are to presume to tell anyone on this earth what anyones choices should or should not be?:

How DARE you suppose that you know what's right or appripriate in anyone elses life?

Do you have a GOD syndrome? Do you REALLY think you know what is BEST for EVERYONE?

IF you do, please find a rubber room to check in to for life... if not... please sit back and consider that YOUR opinion and those of many others are valuable and considerable... and that we have a choice to live together, we have a choice to live with opposing opinions... and that the more people we INCLUDE the better....

[StevenKeirstead]

Massachusetts has had 5 blissful years of same sex marriage being legal, with no divine retribution. I'm not scared. After all, Christ's Disciples thought Armageddon and His Kingdom on Earth would happen in their lifetimes. It did not happen, and people have been predicting the end of the World every year since the crucifixion. For two thousand years people have been wrong about that event, so they should have some doubt as to the literal truth of the Bible, which is full of contradictions anyway.

And Jesus never condemned homosexuality, but he did cure the Centurions pais, a term for a purchased male husband. So if you follow Jesus, should you not act like him? Help love, don't harm it.

[Amanda Slomp]

Excuse me? What gives you the right to generalize in such a manner, dragonflyx? I am a Christian by choice and I certainly don't hate gay people. I have relatives who are gay, and I love them very much. That doesn't mean I agree with their lifestyle, nor does it mean I have to.

Just because I am religious does not automatically mean, as you claim, that I hate people, that I promote fear or violence, that I do not promote equality, and that I don't want basic happiness in life for other people. I am not prejudiced. In fact, I am quite open minded, unlike you. Like you, however, I believe in something. The last time I checked, that was allowed, even if it disagreed with homosexuality.

If the world was entirely gay, where would the human race be? That is why we fight for traditional marriage.You're allowed to fight for gay marriage, so let us fight for heterosexual marriage.

By the way, JesusITrustinYou is right. I know very few Christians who hate gays, even if we don't agree with them. I do, however, hear of a lot of gays who hate Christians. So who exactly is fighting this war?

[ZenCrusader]

Excuse me ? Your fight for hetersexual-only marriage denies marriage to other American citizens who are supposed to have all the same rights that you enjoy and take for granted. Who are you to deny any other human being the same rights that you have ? You seem very proud of the fact that you do not " hate " gay people - but you judge them and you choose to deny them their equal rights - are you proud of that ? Why are you surprised that some gay people have a problem with Christians who profess your views ? Good Lord woman - embrace the spirit of the Lord and love your fellow man.

[PanFx]

This is not about acceptance. This is about denying people equal rights.

Under the Constitution, the states cannot pass laws that deny equal treatment to all people.
This is the same document that gives you the right to express your beliefs. How do you find it acceptable to deny others their Constitutional rights?

[BruceHNV]

Lifestyle? Lifestyle? You believe that your relatives CHOOSE to be gay? That it's a LIFESTYLE for them?

Homosexuality is a fact. How can you disagree with a fact? Do you disagree with gravity?

[marknpgh289]

I'm starting the National Organization for Breasts to "protect traditional breasts."

Breasts are "something that is very dear to my heart" and I'm going to Washington to help save them.

Surely many people will thank me for standing up for traditional breasts.

I guess she might ask how her having "Enhanced Breasts" affects those women who have "Natural Breasts". Certeinly no one is forcing women to have "Enhanced Breasts". They can keep their "Natural Breasts" if they want to. It is all about choices and being able to live in a way that makes you happy.

Now substitute "Gay Marriage" for "Enhanced Breasts" and "Heterosexula Marriage" for "Natural Breasts" in the passage above and the point of how silly Ms. Prejeans position is becomes clear.

[Haditup2here]

You should post that message in the other post.

LOL.

[dragonfly2x]

LOVE IT! Thank you...

I am willing to donate MY breasts to save some POOR POOR pagent entrant.... persoanlly I hate having large breasts... if the Pagenat director would... please accept mine as a donation of good will toward pageant entrants' poor self esteem... I HATE having large breasts and would be happy to donate them at your expense...

they detract from MY self esteem, I'm SICK of men ogling me and talking to my CHEST, so PLEASE , please take them and implant them in someone whose self esteem is so damaged she needs implants... mine are REAL! any sacrifice for breastdom and religious political forums against same gender marriage is my new lifes focus!

[showmestategal]

Miss California has a American Right of Freedom of Speech just like the People for Gay Marriage!
Legally in My Democracy people should not be Hatefully persecuted for their choices in Life
No Matter what the venue she is her own self and allowed to say what she feels & believes IN!

[charlot]

And KKK members have a right to freedom of speech, too. So do misogynists. And the rest of us have the right to deride them mercilessly for their idiotic and hurtful speech, as well.

If I said, publicly, that I didn't think people of mixed races should get married, or that black people should be allowed to vote, or that women should stay in the kitchen where God intended them to be, do you seriously think I wouldn't deserve to be slammed for that?

[blah blah blah]

Basically, you are saying that her speech about gay marriage and the examples you give have the same moral value (or lack thereof). Just throw the KKK into the argument to draw a moral equivalency and that's the end of the discussion, right? Just because the things you mention were morally wrong doesn't mean you've cornered the market on being right 100% of the time.

[BruceHNV]

"Legally in My Democracy people should not be Hatefully persecuted for their choices..."

Are you saying that criticizing bigoted speech is hatefl persecution?

[alguien]

i wasn't aware that dissent was equivalent to persecution.

thanks for educating me.

[Quaoar]

Disagreeing with someone or criticizing their opinions is not hateful persecution by any stretch of the imagination.

[padre99]

"Legally in My Democracy people should not be Hatefully persecuted for their choices in Life"
So I assume you are a gay rights supporter, right?

[EducatedObserver]

1. Miss California like everyone else, has the right to hold and express her opinions. She deserves kudos for having the gumption to speak her mind sincerely, when she must have suspected the kind of reaction that was in store.

2. Gay "marriage" as an objective is irrelevant. What is important is that homosexual couples should have the sames rights - and responsibilities - as their heterosexual bretheren.

3. I understand and accept the difficulties many have with the idea of gay "marriage", and would suggest the United States have a look at how the British approached the question - by enacting "Domestic Partnership" legislation, which accorded all the rights and responsibilities to couples (gay and straight) who either chose to avoid, or were legally prohibitied from getting married.

[BruceHNV]

Everyone has a right to hold and express opinions. They also have a right to hold and express opions on the opinions of others.

For clarity's sake, capaigning against equal rights for other human beings in not an "opinion." It is oppresson. People also have a right to hold and express opinions about that.

Opression, by the way, does not deserve kudos, and does not require gumption. It requires a fearful and intolerant mind, and deserves censure.

There are racists and homophobes in this country who, in spite of their irrational mindset, have the spine and strength of character to still stand for the principle of equal rights - even for those whom they fear and despise. I actually respect that a little bit. Just remember that "separate but equal" is never equal.

[blah blah blah]

Why must people on the left always go to the extremes. Why does my belief in traditional marriage automatically mean I'm a racist and a homophobe? I'm not and I don't appreciate the generalization. Don't try to psycobabble me either and tell me that deep down I really am if I'm against gay marriage. Many of the same people on this site saying gay people "have the right to be happy" were bashing the polygamist ways of the Mormons. Don't they have a right to be happy and marry who they want? Or is that where we draw the line.

[MrKnuckles]

Not to worry... This silly little billboard for the acrylic industry will be forgotten soon, that is unless an endless conga line of paparazzi find that they can make a few extra bucks by dragging her over the public coals until she resembles Gary Busey.

[CaptD]

I'm guessing that she was a "ringer" and chosen early on, groomed, coached and now "fixed" to be the "ideal" spokes person for the Religious Right's fight against same sex marriage!

This issue will define the Religious Right and lead to (hopefully soon) our Country increasing the separation of Church & State...

[roblabrousse]

So do we take it that Matt Lauer is anti- Gay marriage? Or is he just a polite boob gazing kind of guy.

Wil there be equal time for response to this coverage for Gay interests?

[avshanbh]

Using her 15 minutes of fame for more homophobia.

[parunach]

I did some minimum research on the "college" she went to, assuming that the college one goes to does have an impact on how opinions are formed. The San Diego Christian College was accredited on 1984 and was supported by the Scott Memorial Baptist Church. It started a "Creation-Science Research Center" in 1972 to fight the prejudice against creation-science. In 2006, its accredition was placed on probation. Given this, it is unfair to ask her any questions, period. Let us move on to more important topics, please.

[madashellvoter]

I'm not totally sure, but i have this feeling that a lot of these pagents are religious friendly.

[WhatDaBleep]

Don't worry anyone - in 6 months Miss California will be in someones Porn movie showing us just how anti-gay she is.

[MenaC]

I know, as a lesbian, that there is a lot of hate for us in the world. I also know, as a female, that a lot of people would like to keep us (women) where we "belong." As someone who was raised in a church much like Ms. Prejean's, people, come on. She spoke what she has been taught. Which is that women should be beautiful and submissive to men. If there's no man in the relationship, who's the submissive? If there are two men, who's the submissive? Instead of maligning her and attacking her (two rights don't make a wrong!), we should instead be EDUCATING her. Now she's NOM's spokeperson and will become even more indoctrinated. We lost out on a great chance to show our country that stereotypes are just that. Instead, the right is pointing fingers and calling us hypocrites!

[DeeDeeDaGumby]

How do you educate someone who seems to have their fingers planted firmly in their ears?

[MenaC]

The same way I educated my friends and family. I continued living my (regular) life while almost daily pointing out the discrepencies of what they believed.

[JesusItrustinyou]

Being in a hetersexual marriage does make a woman submissive. It takes great strength not to allow submissiveness to be perverted into something for evil's gain. Women hold the key to life, we can allow someone to enter our bodies and kill it or we can cooperate with God and give it. Because we have allowed ourselves to be mislead, we no longer value or experience our true worth. Our bodies have become mere toys for pleasure, we are taught that in order to be worthy we have to become like men-that is submissiveness. We do not give ourselves enough credit and we no longer value femininity so why should men? Men don't have to enslave us through marriage, we enslave ourselves. Mary (Our Lady) is the model for submissiveness and yet she is and always will be the most porwerful woman in all of the world.

[geronimoagogo]

Let me make a few things VERY clear to anyone who has that audacity to listen to facts. The ACTUAL gay population of the world of people who are born gay is about 3% of the population. Scientists and biologists the world over agree that if you are gay you were indeed born that way and it is a sexual disorder. We were put on this planet as species to procreate and if you are gay then you ARE UNABLE TO PROCREATE. hence the term disorder. sorry if that hurts but sometimes the truth hurts. MARRIAGE was originally designed to be between a man and a woman so the couple would create a stable environment for their children. Isn't that simple real logic? You see you must think before you take on an agenda. The TRUTH is no longer politically correct. But the truth is the entire gay movement as with most liberal and conservative movements and PAC's were all funded by the same people the Rothchild's and the Rockefellers. The bankers of the world want us to be divided and worrying about this oppression of gay people while at they destroy the Way more common HETEROSEXUAL agenda. You see these bankers and ruling elite do not want us to think for ourselves. They do not want us to PROCreate, they do not want us to have families, they do not want us to be united or be able to understand each others differences and especially our similarities.

[blah blah blah]

While I appreciate your calm approach, It is possible to be against an idea (gay marriage) and not hate anybody. There's not a soul on this earth that I hate but I do believe in traditional marriage. It's just a fact so please, as I've stated earlier, dont try and psyco-analize that position. I've read posts on this site filled with hate for religion in general. I don't assume that those people necessarily hate people who hold those views. Also, to assume to know that Ms. Prejean was taught and believes that she has to be beautiful and submissive is silly and irresponsible. Do you comb your hair in the morning? If you do, I assume it because you want to look nice. I guess society forces you to do that. Perhaps this girl wants to look nice in her own way and maybe, just maybe she has a boyfriend that jumps when she says jump. My wife is in no way submissive to me. We are equals in every way and that is true of the couples we know (if anything, the males are the submissive ones). There's no denying that sexism and homophobia exists in the world. All I'm saying is maybe you should knock down that chip a little bit and not paint with such a broad brush.

[KevinH]

Wow ... where did you get that Miss California believes that women shoudl be submissive to men?? Do you have the same angst for Obama? He said EXACTLY the same thing as she did about same sex marriage and I don't hear anyone saying anything about him. Believing that marriage should only be between a man and woman is just that ... a belief. It is not harming anyone. It's a free country to believe what you want.

Why is it that Califonrian's voted 60% for Obama yet only 48% voted for same sex marriage? So, the 52% believe that women should be submissive to men? Come on!

As a conservative, I actually support same sex marriage. But I get so tired of liberals ripping on conservatives just because they believe or support certain ideals. Half my friends are liberals but I don't ridicule them on their beliefs. We just agree to disagree on certain things.

Get over it and leave her alone. The questions should have never come up in the first place. Perez Hilton is a loser anyway.