One of the hottest topics in today's society is same sex marriage. Although I personally am very liberal about the subject, some are not and that is their prerogative. For example, Miss California Carrie Prejean states her thoughts about same sex marriage openly on national television saying, "We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite. And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised." Should we criticize her? Absolutely not. Apparently this is why Miss California did not take home the crown. Ridiculous. Although we are suppose to be living in a open society, criticizing someone for their beliefs is not something that should reflect them as people. According to a FOX News story, Keith Lewis who runs the Miss California pageant was "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." I believe in one of two things here: 1. we live in a free society which can mean that same sex marriage should be allowed to give people rights and also that people opposing this should be able to voice their opinion, especially according to the First Amendment. 2. how come the judges and the whole nation judge Miss California calling her a "stupid b****" and that be okay, but Miss California herself cannot voice HER OPINION, not judging on anything else? Does not sound like a fair society to me.
Another thing that concerns me is the fact that we have a swarm of media around this topic. You hear more about the runner-up than you do about Miss USA herself. And instead of proposing objectivity, the media decides to interview every gay man or woman in the audience to talk about the subject, making it seem worse than it is. One statement in the FOX news article stated, "I think it's ridiculous that she got first runner-up. That is not the value of 95 percent of the people in this audience. Look around this audience and tell me how many gay men there are.""I think it's ridiculous that she got first runner-up. That is not the value of 95 percent of the people in this audience. Look around this audience and tell me how many gay men there are.""I think it's ridiculous that she got first runner-up. That is not the value of 95 percent of the people in this audience. Look around this audience and tell me how many gay men there are." Yes, I am sure there are a lot of gay men in the audience, but whats better: a dishonest person or a strong person?
In conclusion, this is ridiculous. I do not even think that pageants should be able to ask such controversial issues. Why? Because the contestants are going to do one of two things: 1. lie to please the audience or 2. be honest and get accused of discrimination or racism, or just in general being a bad person.
Personally, I am proud of Miss California. I respect her honesty and most of all I respect that she has "no regrets" about the pageant. How come I can accept this, but no one else can? I believe in society today, people gay, straight, or whatever, can be and do whatever they please, including Miss California.
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Good post, it's something I've thought about lately. There was a good blog post on feminist web site Jezebel.com that criticized a lot of the media, especially Perez Hilton, in their reaction, saying something along the lines that now "we all lose."
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