Gay marriage row at Miss USA show

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Gay marriage row at Miss USA show
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Wed, 04-22-2009 - 10:04am

Should a beauty contestant be asked about a hot button issue?

Miss USA California Responds To Gay Marriage Question From Perez Hilton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XMvviFbkf0&feature=related

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8009359.stm
The runner-up at the Miss USA beauty pageant says her outspoken opposition to gay marriage cost her first place in the competition.

During the televised event, Carrie Prejean - Miss California - said she believed that "a marriage should be between a man and a woman".

She had been asked for her views on the subject by one of the judges, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.

"It did cost me my crown," said Ms Prejean, after the competition.

The eventual winner of the pageant was Kristen Dalton, Miss North Carolina.

'Alienated'

"We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage," said Ms Prejean, in a section of the show that has become a popular clip on YouTube.

"I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman," she continued.

"No offence to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised."

The remarks drew a mixture of booing and applause from the audience.

Speaking after the show, which was broadcast on Sunday evening in the US, Ms Prejean said: "I wouldn't have had it any other way. I said what I feel. I stated an opinion that was true to myself and that's all I can do."

Hilton said he had been "floored" by Ms Prejean's answer, which, he said, "alienated millions of gay and lesbian Americans, their families and their supporters".

He told ABC News: "She lost it because of that question. She was definitely the front-runner before that."

Keith Lewis, who runs the Miss California competition, released a statement condemning Ms Prejean's comments.

"As co-director of the Miss California USA, I am personally saddened and hurt that Miss California believes marriage rights belong only to a man and a woman."

The issue of same-sex marriage is a flashpoint in American politics.

Four US states now allow gay marriage, but many other states have passed legislation outlawing it.

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Thu, 04-23-2009 - 1:05pm

This appears to be just another example of "if you don't play the game, you don't win".

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Thu, 04-23-2009 - 3:08pm

But she'll get asked those questions 'out in the real world' & will have to be poised enough to answer them.


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Tue, 05-05-2009 - 8:38pm

Answering late, sorry.

Kate

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Tue, 05-05-2009 - 8:41pm

~a contest shouldn't be penalized for her answer...~


To clarify, it was how she answered, ie. answers are graded re: poise, etc..

Kate


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Registered: 03-24-2009
Tue, 05-05-2009 - 8:45pm

She posed topless for photos, so may be losing her CA crown anyway.


I wonder if she will have to pay the pageant back (they later funded her breast implants).

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Registered: 08-30-2002
Wed, 05-06-2009 - 1:03am

**Posing topless,



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Registered: 03-23-2003
Thu, 05-07-2009 - 12:08pm

I agree.


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Registered: 04-05-2002
Thu, 05-07-2009 - 3:24pm

Posing topless,






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Registered: 01-22-2009
Thu, 05-07-2009 - 4:17pm
I wasn't outraged or anything about her comments, incl. in light of the photos and implants.
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Thu, 05-07-2009 - 5:41pm

Hm.


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