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Gay Marriage Sinks Miss California's shot at Crown
brokeplex:
I find two matters disturbing about this incident :
1) the introduction of political material into the qualification process in the selection of the winner. It is clear to me that Perez Hilton ( whose real name is Mario Levandeira - http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/23/web-celeb-25-tech-media_cx_de_06webceleb_0123top_slides_3.html ) used political criteria in order to disqualify a candidate.
2) the subsequent name calling trashing of the loosing candidate by the judge
I listened carefully via the miracle of You Tube to Miss CA's answers, and although she and I disagree on the subject of same sex marriage, I do not see her comments as homophobic. She was merely stating what HER preferences were, not the preferences that she would impose on the rest of us. The intolerant bigot in this sad episode is the Mario Levandeira character.
injest:
--- Quote from: brokeplex on April 24, 2009, 07:41:37 pm ---I find two matters disturbing about this incident :
1) the introduction of political material into the qualification process in the selection of the winner. It is clear to me that Perez Hilton ( whose real name is Mario Levandeira - http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/23/web-celeb-25-tech-media_cx_de_06webceleb_0123top_slides_3.html ) used political criteria in order to disqualify a candidate.
2) the subsequent name calling trashing of the loosing candidate by the judge
I listened carefully via the miracle of You Tube to Miss CA's answers, and although she and I disagree on the subject of same sex marriage, I do not see her comments as homophobic. She was merely stating what HER preferences were, not the preferences that she would impose on the rest of us. The intolerant bigot in this sad episode is the Mario Levandeira character.
--- End quote ---
yes, she was very polite. I think it is a gotcha question....if you don't agree, you either have to lie and betray your own principles or tell the truth and get sanctioned.
delalluvia:
Well, she gets thumbs up for being honest. But if she's in a "scholarship" contest to try to become a woman who represents all Americans, perhaps she might have been a little more discreet or diplomatic Her answer was basically double-talk though. She said she was glad people have the choice (which is uninformed - only a few states grant this and CA is not one of them) but then didn't believe that they should have a choice.
Beauty queens and their answers ::)
I don't particularly like Perez either but he asked a question that is currently a hot topic, important to him and many other Americans (this is a Miss USA contest) as a civil rights issue and Miss CA decided being outspoken about her religious beliefs to a gay judge was the better part of valor. And he judged her accordingly. Few judges in any contest are unbiased or objective. This is from another board which I thought relevant:
Look at it this way: she more or less told him he deserved to be treated like a second class citizen to his face. While his reaction may be more than was strictly necessary, surely you admit that many people would react the same way to the same stimulus.
How do you think, say, Rush Limbaugh would react if a beauty queen announced that she thought it was immoral for Christian marriage to be legal? What if she beamed as she received thunderous applause for her statement? I think it is fair to suggest that his reaction would have been even more extreme than Perez's.
If you feel that Perez's reaction was unwarranted, would you feel that the same reaction would have been unwarranted if the beauty queen had made the same statement about Christians instead of homosexuals?
injest:
yes I would.
definitely.
Katie77:
I found that article about the former Miss CA, now a pastor, very enlightening, showing the hypocracy of these people who wave the bible to enhance their cause, but choose to ignore what does not.
Not being familiar or watching the comlete Miss America contest, I am curious to know if ALL of the contestants were asked the same question.
If it is to be an equal competition, if they all were'nt asked it, then it shows a fault in the judging.
I think the question was tacky, but then again, I think all of these beauty contests are tacky, reagardless of what questions are asked or what answers are given.
To make so many headlines about some pretty girl in a beauty contest, making such a statement, is typical of the media today. The would have been more productive making headlines about a statement made by someone with much significance and credentials.
So she lost the contest......so she had an opinion about same sex marriage.......who the F""K should give a dam.
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