After makg ntroversial ments about gay marriage at the 2009 Miss USA pageant, beg stripped of her Miss California crown months later and weatherg the release of an embarrassg sex tape, Prejean, who is 23, is set to marry Oakland Rairs quarterback Kyle Boller on Friday.
Contents:
- CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
- MISS CALIFORNIA SPARKS FUROR WH GAY MARRIAGE COMMENTS ON MISS USA TELEST
- MISS CALIFORNIA SPARKS OUTRAGE OVER GAY MARRIAGE REMARKS
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
- MISS CALIFORNIA: CHAMPN OF FERALISM ON GAY MARRIAGE?
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR.
- PEREZ HILTON WAS 'SHOCKED' BY MISS CALIFORNIA'S GAY-MARRIAGE ANSWERCARRIE PREJEAN SAYS HER RPONSE WAS 'SPOKEN OM MY HEART, OM MY BELIEFS AND FOR MY GOD.'{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ERIC DZIANAPRIL 21, 2009/1:54 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ERIC DZIANAPRIL 21, 2009 / 1:54 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"PEREZ HILTON WAS 'SHOCKED' BY MISS CALIFORNIA'S GAY-MARRIAGE ANSWER","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-04-21T17:54:48.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-04-21T17:54:48.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ERIC DZIAN","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN A CELEBRY BLOGGER AND A BETY-PAGEANT NTTANT STARTED SUNDAY AT THE MISS USA PETN, WHEN PEREZ HILTON ASKED MISS CALIFORNIA CARRIE PREJEAN IF MORE STAT SHOULD LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. PREJEAN STATED HER OPN THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON TUDAY (APRIL 21), THE FD NTUED AS BOTH HILTON AND PREJEAN TOOK TO THE TV WORKS TO FEND THEIR POSNS -- AND CRICIZE EACH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN I FIRST HEARD HER ANSWER, I WAS SHOCKED, BEE I THOUGHT HAVG BEEN OM CALIFORNIA, A STATE THAT RECENTLY PASSED [ARTICLE ID="1598748"]PROPOSN 8[/ARTICLE] OUTLAWG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT QUTN," HILTON SAID ON CBS' "THE EARLY SHOW." "THERE ARE VAR OTHER WAYS SHE ULD HAVE ANSWERED THAT QUTN AND STILL STAYED TE TO HERSELF WHOUT ALIENATG LNS OF PEOPLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HILTON WENT ON TO SUGGT ONE SUCH ANSWER: "AS A FUTURE MISS USA, IS MY JOB NOT TO BE A POLICIAN BUT TO BE SOMEONE WHO REPRENTS AND SPIR THE WOMEN AND THE TROOPS, AND I THK 'S GREAT THAT THE STAT GET TO CI FOR THEMSELV."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HILTON MATAED THAT PREJEAN'S ANSWER, WHICH SHE AWKWARDLY ENDORSED "OPPOSE MARRIAGE," DID NOT ST HER THE CROWN AND THAT WAS "VERY " TO SAY DURG TERVIEWS THAT SHE FELT LIKE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON NBC'S "TODAY" SHOW, PREJEAN STOOD BY HER ANSWER, SAYG SHE HAD "SPOKEN OM MY HEART, OM MY BELIEFS AND FOR MY GOD" AND NEVER MEANT TO OFFEND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN I HEARD OM HIM, I KNEW AT THAT MOMENT AFTER I HAD ANSWERED THE QUTN, I KNEW THAT I WAS NOT GOG TO W BEE OF MY ANSWER," SHE NTUED. "IT'S NOT ABOUT BEG POLILLY RRECT. FOR ME WAS BEG BIBLILLY RRECT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEAD TO TO FD A MUNY WHERE YOU, YOUR IENDS AND YOUR FAVORE CELEBRI N GET RMED, GET HEARD AND TAKE ACTN ON THE ISSU THAT MATTER TO YOU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- MISS CALIFORNIA: THE ANTI-GAY-MARRIAGE MARTYR EXTENDS HER 15 MUT
- MISS CALIFORNIA APPEARS ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE AD
CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
California voters will be asked to affirm gay marriage rights on the 2024 ballot followg Prop. 8 ncerns about the state nstutn. * miss california gay marriage *
The measure put gay and lbian marriag on hold the state, but a feral appeals urt 2010 emed Proposn 8 unnstutnal. The se ma s way to the US Supreme Court, which dismissed an appeal 2013 over same-sex marriage on jurisdictnal grounds, lg private parti did not have standg to fend California’s voter-approved ballot measure barrg gay and lbian upl om state-sanctned wedlock. Californians will vote on a proposal to amend the state Constutn on the 2024 ballot to reaffirm gay marriage rights — a ut move that amid natnal anxiety after recent lgs by the nservative-leang U.
Although there is no current threat to the legaly of gay marriage, and Print Bin signed a bill safeguardg last year, the Democratic-domant state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California’s Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to stead explicly state that marriage is “a fundamental right.
Gav Newsom was out of state, Senate lear Toni Atks (D-San Diego) signed bills to law on his behalf as the first out gay actg ernor. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
* miss california gay marriage *
Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years later. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years 2020, Nevada beme the first state to ensure the right to same-sex marriage s state nstutn. Miss North Carola Kristen Dalton was crowned Miss USA on Sunday, but the big story to e out of the normally polics-ee telest was Miss California's ments regardg gay asked by judge Perez Hilton, an openly gay gossip blogger, whether she believed gay marriage, Miss California, Carrie Prejean, said "We live a land where you n choose same-sex marriage or oppose.
"It's ugly, " said Stt Ihrig, a gay man, who attend the pageant wh his partner.
Look around this dience and tell me how many gay men there are. The entry scribed havg "aloooot of fun" at a base that ho the notor ary prison; was later leted om the pageant's Web TARTS: More on Miss California's "gay marriage answer" wner, Miss North Carola Kristen Dalton, a 22-year-old aspirg motivatnal speaker and entertaer om Wilmgton, edged out first nner-up Miss California, and send nner-up Miss Arizona USA Alicia-Monique Blan, of Phoenix. The nttant last night, California's Carrie Prejean, was too articulate the mds of many and led to some flarg tempers (siar to Janeane Garofalo's flare-up on Keh Olbermann's show the other night) qutn posed to the nttant uldn't be any more cendiary: gay judge Perez Hilton to Prejean, "Vermont recently beme the 4th state to legalize same-sex marriage.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
Perez Hilton was "shocked" by Miss California's gay-marriage answer. Carrie Prejean said her rponse was "spoken om my heart, om my beliefs and for my God." * miss california gay marriage *
Further, she rmed the entertament se that her sister is a gay rights activist the Air Force. I love you bee you stood up for what was right, and ’s not a matter of beg gay or not gay, ’s a matter of you petg for Miss USA and gettg a qutn and answerg to the bt of your abily.
You are here: Home / Polics / Miss California: Champn of Feralism on Gay Marriage? The lear of one gay rights group replied, “Contrary to Miss California’s claim, people n’t choose, gay and lbian upl don’t have a choice except a handful of stat.
MISS CALIFORNIA SPARKS FUROR WH GAY MARRIAGE COMMENTS ON MISS USA TELEST
Miss California: The anti-gay-marriage martyr extends her 15 mut * miss california gay marriage *
Given the ntext of her remarks, and I haven’t heard her clarify exactly what she meant by “Amerins, ” seems plsible that Prejean was simply givg a thumbs-up to the mocratic procs that has produced one gay-marriage victory, by the Vermont Legislature. Arguably, she was even referrg to the state urts that enacted gay marriage. Even after the Defense of Marriage Act passed, left untouched state law, simply difyg that the feral ernment wouldn’t be ed as a pawn a battle over gay marriage the stat.
It may be s before a majory of stat regnize a legal tegory tled “gay marriage, ” but ’s pretty safe to say several are movg toward ever-expandg legal rights for gay upl, cludg civil unns – which is gay marriage all but name. An opponent of gay marriage uld e the analogy of puttg a og room-temperature water and slowly heatg the pot until boils the og alive.
This is why I spect a lot of Christian nservativ (a rather poor tchall that fails to note several meangful distctns) are thrilled when a state urt enacts gay marriage – the og jumps the hell out of the water, evolv a thumb and turns off the stove. I would love to ask Prejean what she thks about the laggg ph to enact a feral ban on gay marriage. Wh over 13 ln vot st, California voters approve Proposn 8 on November 4, 2008, amendg the state’s nstutn to ban same-sex months earlier, May 2008, the California Supreme Court had emed the state’s ban on same-sex marriage unnstutnal, makg California the send state the untry to legalize gay marriage.
MISS CALIFORNIA SPARKS OUTRAGE OVER GAY MARRIAGE REMARKS
Miss North Carola's Kristen Dalton may have taken the tle of Miss USA. But everyone seems to be talkg about first nner-up Miss California's Carrie Prejean, who raised eyebrows wh her answer to judge Perez Hilton's qutn about legalizg gay marriage and igned a fury om the self-proclaimed gossip queen. * miss california gay marriage *
Californian voters received robolls om former print Bill Clton askg them to vote no on the measure, while actors om the televisn show “Ugly Betty” argued Spanish-language TV spots that votg no “is not about beg gay or straight, ” but “about beg Amerin.
”The Protect Marriage mpaign supportg Proposn 8 nstantly voked the “far-reachg nsequenc” of legal gay marriage, particularly the implitn that school curriculums would be required to teach that gay marriage is “the same as tradnal marriage. ” Pollster David Fleischer, his analysis of the electn rults, found that the greatt shift toward “Y” among uncid voters was “among parents wh children unr 18 livg at home—many of them whe Democrats, ” who feared the effects of legal gay marriage on their children’s public tn. READ MORE: The Supreme Court Rulgs That Have Shaped Gay Rights AmeriAlso on This Day History November | 4.
It’s official: Carrie Prejean, the darlg of nservative media punds and the surge of gay marriage advot, has been fired as Miss California USA. Prejean’s termatn, acrdg to pageant officials, had nothg to do wh the anti-gay-marriage ments that tapulted her om bety queen to polil mentator.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
None of this would be happeng right now if I had jt said, ‘Yeah, gays should get married, ’ ” she told add that was unjt. ”The move was the latt twist a story that mix urt trigue wh the machatns of realy televisn -- and unrsr what a hot-button issue the qutn of gay marriage has bee. “No offense to anybody out there, ” she offense was pageant judge who asked the qutn was celebry blogger Perez Hilton, who is gay.
After that, the pair engaged a talk-show showdown that went on for sis the fight over gay marriage ed the flap over Prejean to draw attentn to their California USA pageant officials, meanwhile, were censed. The measure put gay and lbian marriag on hold the state, but a feral appeals urt 2010 emed Proposn 8 se ma s way to the US Supreme Court, which dismissed an appeal 2013 over same-sex marriage on jurisdictnal grounds, lg private parti did not have standg to fend California’s voter-approved ballot measure barrg gay and lbian upl om state-sanctned lg cleared the way for same-sex marriag the state to rume and Proposn 8 has remaed on the books but unenforced. Durg the April 20 edn of Fox News' On the Rerd, host Greta Van Steren asked: “Did her gay marriage answer st her the crown?
MISS CALIFORNIA: CHAMPN OF FERALISM ON GAY MARRIAGE?
Durg the April 21 edn his Fox News show, Glenn Beck said of the ntroversy: “Whether 's torture, gay marriage, or global warmg, we need to protect the right to speak one's md eely. It is her answer to a qutn about gay marriage om Perez Hilton, a judge the pageant and a celebry blogger.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR.
HILTON: Let me expla to you: She lost, not bee she don't believe gay marriage, Miss California lost bee she's a dumb [beep], OK?
VAN SUSTEREN: Miss California was first nner-up, or is first nner-up the ntt, and the buzz tonight: Did her gay marriage answer st her the crown?
He don't support gay marriage. PISCOPO: [Untelligible] I'm not talkg about gay -- I love -- I love the gay muny, a big proponent of the gay muny.
PEREZ HILTON WAS 'SHOCKED' BY MISS CALIFORNIA'S GAY-MARRIAGE ANSWERCARRIE PREJEAN SAYS HER RPONSE WAS 'SPOKEN OM MY HEART, OM MY BELIEFS AND FOR MY GOD.'{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ERIC DZIANAPRIL 21, 2009/1:54 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ERIC DZIANAPRIL 21, 2009 / 1:54 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"PEREZ HILTON WAS 'SHOCKED' BY MISS CALIFORNIA'S GAY-MARRIAGE ANSWER","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-04-21T17:54:48.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-04-21T17:54:48.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ERIC DZIAN","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN A CELEBRY BLOGGER AND A BETY-PAGEANT NTTANT STARTED SUNDAY AT THE MISS USA PETN, WHEN PEREZ HILTON ASKED MISS CALIFORNIA CARRIE PREJEAN IF MORE STAT SHOULD LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. PREJEAN STATED HER OPN THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON TUDAY (APRIL 21), THE FD NTUED AS BOTH HILTON AND PREJEAN TOOK TO THE TV WORKS TO FEND THEIR POSNS -- AND CRICIZE EACH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN I FIRST HEARD HER ANSWER, I WAS SHOCKED, BEE I THOUGHT HAVG BEEN OM CALIFORNIA, A STATE THAT RECENTLY PASSED [ARTICLE ID="1598748"]PROPOSN 8[/ARTICLE] OUTLAWG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT QUTN," HILTON SAID ON CBS' "THE EARLY SHOW." "THERE ARE VAR OTHER WAYS SHE ULD HAVE ANSWERED THAT QUTN AND STILL STAYED TE TO HERSELF WHOUT ALIENATG LNS OF PEOPLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HILTON WENT ON TO SUGGT ONE SUCH ANSWER: "AS A FUTURE MISS USA, IS MY JOB NOT TO BE A POLICIAN BUT TO BE SOMEONE WHO REPRENTS AND SPIR THE WOMEN AND THE TROOPS, AND I THK 'S GREAT THAT THE STAT GET TO CI FOR THEMSELV."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HILTON MATAED THAT PREJEAN'S ANSWER, WHICH SHE AWKWARDLY ENDORSED "OPPOSE MARRIAGE," DID NOT ST HER THE CROWN AND THAT WAS "VERY " TO SAY DURG TERVIEWS THAT SHE FELT LIKE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON NBC'S "TODAY" SHOW, PREJEAN STOOD BY HER ANSWER, SAYG SHE HAD "SPOKEN OM MY HEART, OM MY BELIEFS AND FOR MY GOD" AND NEVER MEANT TO OFFEND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN I HEARD OM HIM, I KNEW AT THAT MOMENT AFTER I HAD ANSWERED THE QUTN, I KNEW THAT I WAS NOT GOG TO W BEE OF MY ANSWER," SHE NTUED. 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EASTON: -- there was a mentator who sisted that, well, OK, that's fe, that if Barack Obama supports -- don't support gay marriage, but, you know, you should have jt said, “Leave the qutn to the stat. BECK: Now, a pletely unrelated story, Miss California believ her answer to a qutn about gay marriage may have st her the Miss USA crown. Whether 's torture, gay marriage, or global warmg, we need to protect the right to speak one's md eely.
July 1, 2010— -- What a year 's been for the sndalized bety queen Carrie makg ntroversial ments about gay marriage at the 2009 Miss USA pageant, beg stripped of her Miss California crown months later and weatherg the release of an embarrassg sex tape, Prejean, who is 23, is set to marry Oakland Rairs quarterback Kyle Boller on qutn remas: will she wear whe -- or will be patrtic red, whe and blue for the pre-Fourth of July nuptials? Her answer alienated lns of gay and lbian Amerins, their fai and their supporters.
Hilton asked her whether stat should legalize gay marriage, and Prejean rpond the negative, sayg she herself believ “oppose marriage.
MISS CALIFORNIA: THE ANTI-GAY-MARRIAGE MARTYR EXTENDS HER 15 MUT
) Prejean beme an stant martyr to the anti-gay-marriage e, claimg that she lost the Miss USA crown bee of her views.
Now, I’m all for eedom of speech (even for pageant nttants) and Miss Prejean should be able to announce any opn on marriage, gay or “oppose, ” that she wants. But after rereadg the transcript of Prejean’s terview wh Van Steren aga, I have to say: If you’re gog to make her to an anti-gay-marriage Joan of Arc, shouldn’t she be better rmed?
MISS CALIFORNIA APPEARS ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE AD
When asked about her thoughts on civil unns or gay adoptn or general rights for gay upl, was obv Prejean didn’t have any, even sayg at one pot “I will get back to you on that one. ” The most she uld offer beyond the “promotg marriage” boilerplate was “I thk that people that are homosexual should have some rights, you know, hospal rights, and thgs like that. But everyone seems to be talkg about first nner-up Miss California, who raised eyebrows wh her answer to judge Perez Hilton's qutn and sparked the ire of the self-proclaimed gossip asked Miss California's Carrie Prejean her thoughts on legalizg gay marriage durg the Miss USA 2009 pageant, which aired live Sunday night on NBC.
It is a very touchy subject and he [Perez] is a homosexual and I see where he was g om and I see the dience would've wanted me to be more polilly rrect. LOS ANGELES (Rters) - After failg to stop recent gay marriage approvals several stat, opponents have found an attractive, telegenic poster woman Miss California, a move remiscent of bety queen Ana Bryant’s 1970s csa agast gay California Carrie Prejean (L) rponds to a qutn about gay marriage wh Billy Bh (C) and Nade Velazquez durg the Miss USA Pageant at the Pla Hollywood Rort and Caso Las Vegas, Nevada April 19, 2009. Miss California, a Christian llege stunt named Carrie Prejean, joed a televisn ad mpaign agast gay marriage this week, upsettg homosexual rights advot, cludg a head of the Miss California the mercial om the Natnal Organizatn for Marriage, Prejean is shown at the Miss USA petn last month where she answered a qutn about same-sex marriage by sayg she opposed , drawg both boos and cheers and settg off a r providg that answer, Prejean was named nner-up to Miss USA.