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Gay Marriage Sinks Miss California's shot at Crown
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: injest on May 05, 2009, 08:05:27 pm ---do YOU understand what "biblically correct" means? which Bible is she refering to? Mine doesnt' mention photography...(it not being invented at the time) it doesnt' even have any restrictions on painting that I am aware of (except that whole "no Gods before me" thing)
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But it sure has a lot about women being modest and being seen and not heard... 8)
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on May 05, 2009, 07:58:19 pm ---
Those pics would've come out anyway. Remember VAnessa Williams? Those pics came out quickly, and the internet wasn't as widespread as it is now.
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That's right, forgot about that. And she did lose her crown. But Vanessa landed on her feet, she has talent after all.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: HerrKaiser on May 05, 2009, 08:15:27 pm ---so are you supporting 'biblically correct' or objecting to it?
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???
Miss CA is who said she was being "biblically correct" instead of "PC correct" in her opinion on gay marriage.
I was just pointing out the obvious. She's only concerned about being "biblically correct" when it comes to other people, not herself.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: HerrKaiser on May 05, 2009, 08:19:30 pm ---Since you engendered the Bible, you should defend or embrace your point. If you are evaluating her photos on Biblical premise, so is the art in the Vatican.
And please explain for us you "positive" view of this talented young woman? And more importantly, you charge her as a 'bigot'; do you actually know what a bigot is or are you just using buzz words to display emotion?
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Read my above post re the bible and you're going to go back about 20 pages or so - I am using the word bigot correctly.
LauraGigs:
--- Quote ---Any vaguely open-minded person with the smallest amount of respect for individual opinion would coward with shame over the way in which the fascist lefties have skewered Prejean.
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Oh please... skewered? People are just pointing out hypocrisy when they see it. As Jess and Clyde pointed out, she's getting great publicity from all this. Vanessa Williams? The most "skewered" beauty contestant in history, and the most successful in her subsequent showbiz career.
It is interesting, though, that Prejean's "fall from grace" is because of... showing her body. ::) I mean please, beauty contests – however they want to gloss it – are all about sex appeal... fuckability. Prejean knows it, and the Miss California organization knows it. Hence the boob job.
Did beauty pageants originate in the USA? They must, because there's that puritanical hypocrisy thrown in: You must be perfect-looking and perfectly "proportioned" (fuckable) — but also conduct yourself with "decorum and modesty".
Meanwhile, every photographer you meet wants a shot of your bare ass.
Navigating the maze of double-standards in the pageant world necessitates a certain mental "blocking out" function in order to maintain any sanity (especially if you're also navigating the ones that can exist in the evangelical community). Her attitudes, therefore, are not surprising. (For the record, I don't think she's evil... she expressed her lil' opinion as diplomatically as she could... and even threw in the requisite bit of patriotism "it's great that we live in a country where..." Clever, that.)
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