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The Beauty Of Candor

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The issue of same-sex marriage is a complicated enough one without having idiots getting involved to stifle our freedom to express what we believe in, or without the Politically-Correct police swooping down on us. Perhaps you’ve heard about the recent controversy involving a Miss USA contestant and Perez Hilton, the celebrity blogger and gay activist. It seems Mr. Hilton, who served as a judge at the pageant last weekend, had a decidedly pointed question for Miss California, a.k.a. Carrie Prejean, about whether she supports same-sex marriages. Ms. Prejean did something that’s getting to be pretty rare in American life – she said how she really felt. In a respectful, gracious way, she replied, “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… read more

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Right on target. Being liberal means allowing other people with whom you disagree to answer honestly. It’s not like the woman was passing a bill in Congress.

Posted by Neil on 04/30/09 at 09:46 PM

I couldn’t agree more. This totally pissed me off. He set her up, asking her a question he considered a litmus test… and then clobbered her for answering it “wrong.” Who gave him the right to ask her a question that had only one answer according to him? Yes, she could have been more eloquent..but she is there for her T and A, not her brains..let’s face it!

Anyway, you said it better than I could. That guy makes me sick!

Posted by radman on 04/27/09 at 02:22 PM

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