Pop culture is usually best left to the tabloid press but free speech is in serious trouble when a Miss USA contestant faces harsh criticism for her views on same sex marriage. This blogger has long supported fair treatment for gays and lesbians in employment, housing, vigorous prosecution of hate crimes and some form of domestic partnership registration. I am inclined to stand up for the underdog yet the outcry over Miss Prejean's honest and tactful answer to a question about same sex marriage suggests that the new bullies on the block are the in-your-face gay activists. I don't care what Perez Hilton and other single issue wackos say, Carrie Prejean will always be the real Miss USA 2009.
1 comment:
SO true! This is a scary incident. AND, if they were going to ask one candidate such a controversial question, they should have asked all of them so everyone would have had equal opportunity to have their freedom of speech trampled. Sad!
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