Yesterday, we had a big juicy fight over Miss California’s answer to a question posed by judge Perez Hilton at the Miss USA pageant. Perez asked Carrie Prejean if she believed in gay marriage. Carrie’s answer was, “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.”

Personally, I was amused at the extremely bad timing of Miss California’s anti-gay marriage stance. True, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But her lack of a well-thought-out, articulate response during a nationally-televised audience of women and gay men struck me as unintentionally hilarious. It’s not like she made some off-hand remark to a magazine, she said it front all of the gay men who were already peeved by the girl’s roots! Miss California went on to be the first runner-up at the Miss USA pageant, and she isn’t laughing now.

Carrie blames the gays and the people with a gay agenda for her loss of the crown. She thinks her answer to Perez’s question cost her the crown, but never fear, she’s sticking to her beliefs! Carrie says, “I stated an opinion that was true to myself and that’s all I can do… I was raised in a way that you can never compromise your beliefs and your opinions for anything.” US Magazine has more:

Miss California Carrie Prejean says she believes her anti-same sex marriage stance hurt her chances of winning Sunday’s Miss USA competition.

At the Las Vegas pageant, Prejean, 21, was asked by judge Perez Hilton how she felt about legalizing gay marriage. “In my country, and in my family, I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman,” she replied. She later lost out to Miss North Carolina, Kristen Dalton.

“It did cost me my crown,” Prejean said of her response on Monday’s Billy Bush Show. “I wouldn’t have had it any other way. I said what I feel. I stated an opinion that was true to myself and that’s all I can do.”

“It is a very touchy subject and [Hilton] is a homosexual and I see where he was coming from and I see the audience would’ve wanted me to be more politically correct,” she added. “But I was raised in a way that you can never compromise your beliefs and your opinions for anything.”

In an interesting twist, Prejean revealed that her sister supports same sex marriage.

“My sister is a second lieutenant in the Air Force and she is a gay rights activist,” she said of her sib, who is not gay. “She supports gay people, she supports gay marriage. My beliefs have nothing to do with my sister or my mom, or whatever.”

Her sister wasn’t offended by her remarks at the pageant.

“She was just in my hotel room and she said, ‘Sis, I’m not offended by anything that you said. We have two different opinions and I love you because of it. I love you because you stood up for what was right, and it’s not a matter of being gay or not gay, it’s a matter of you competing for Miss USA and getting a question and answering it to the best of your ability,”” she said.

Added Prejean, “That’s what’s so great about being an American - we’re able to have our own opinions.”

Despite all the controversy, “I feel like I won. I feel like I’m the winner. I really do,” Prejean said, adding that she had 1,000 messages on Facebook and 2,000 friend requests.

Asked about rumors that she is dating Michael Phelps, she said, “He is a great man. Wouldn’t you like to know, Billy Bush? We can talk about that a different day.”

From US Magazine

So, her sister is a gay rights advocate. So much for “I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman.” It seems that even in her family, there’s a difference of opinion. And as far as her sister being proud of Carrie for standing up “for what was right” - um, what? What was right? Having an anti-gay-marriage opinion, or stating your opinion in an inarticulate way? I really hope her sister releases a statement and clears some things up.

So, did Miss California lose the crown because she’s anti-gay marriage? Or was it the way she worded her answer? Or was it all about the hair? Or the dress? Or was Miss North Carolina just better in every way, shape and form?

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