Posted on 04/23/2009 9:47:56 AM PDT by Zakeet
Meowww. The claws are coming out.
The Miss USA contestants from the four states that allow same-sex marriage say Miss California should have been more politically correct and socially aware when she was asked for her thoughts on the issue during the nationally televised pageant on Sunday.
Miss Massachusetts Alison Cronin told FOXNews.com she was "shocked" when Carrie Prejean, 21, told Miss USA judge and celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton that she believes marriage should be "between a man and a woman."
Hilton's question — “Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit? Why or why not?” — was considered appropriate for the telecast. Prejean, a student at San Diego Christian College, replied that she personally opposes gay marriage — a response that some, including Hilton, said cost her the Miss USA title.
RELATED: Donald Trump breaks silence on Miss USA controversy.
"It's really hard to think that people still think that way," Cronin said. "But at the same time, there's a lot of girls in pageants who wear their religion on their sleeve. If that's what she thinks, I give her credit for expressing that, but that's not how I feel."
Cronin, 22, said she supports gay marriage.
"I'm for it," she said. "If two people are in a loving relationship, regardless of their sexual orientation, I think they should have equal rights."
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Exclusive: Donald Trump Breaks Silence on Miss California's Gay Marriage Comments:
Donald Trump has broken his silence.
The owner of the Miss Universe franchise finally addressed the scandal surrounding his Miss USA pageant to FOX News Thursday, saying that he has received thousands of calls and letters, the majority of which support Miss California's comments on gay marriage.
Trump had been mum during the firestorm that followed the Sunday telecast, when first runner up Carrie Prejean's responded to a question about the controversial issue of gay marriage.
Pro-Gay Marriage Hollywood Piles on Miss California:
With the way some in Hollywood have piled on Miss California Carrie Prejean since Sunday's Miss USA pageant, one might think the 21-year-old college student had called for a tax on botox, instead of speaking out against gay marriage.
First, Perez Hilton called her a "dumb [expletive]" in a self-produced video on his Web site.
Then Tinsletown took to Twitter, as the likes of Shanna Moakler, Giuliana Rancic, Holly Madison and Heidi Montag Tweeted their outrage.
Moakler, who is co-chair of the Miss California pageant, Twittered "I agree with Perez 100 [percent]."
E! News anchor Giuliana Rancic Twittered on Tuesday that "I know i'm a journalist, and i should be objective ... but she is an ignorant disgrace and she makes me sick to my stomach."
Every time I see a picture of her I sin in my mind.
Gewt a room!
Shanna Moakler is a whore.
Yes, she is quite the fox.
And bless her for speaking out. The hateful comments coming from these “celebrities” just show how far Hollywood et al has fallen.
Oh BTW, Miss California was representing the majority view in her state.
Obama:
You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman, but I also think that same-sex partners should be able to visit each other in hospitals, they should be able to transfer property, they should be able to get the same federal rights and benefits that are conferred onto married couples.
I see no difference in what she said and the "0"
Maybe judges shoud not ask questions that inject politics into the pagaent.
Who cares what other people think? She was right, and that is all that counts.
She needs to be crowned Miss Shotgun, Miss Concealed Carry, Miss Pistol all at once. And Miss NRA, Miss Freedom, and Miss Constitution.
I think I’ll ping just to have that photo available !
If he is sponsoring this event, why in the hell would he have selected an openly homosexual pervert like Hilton to be a panelist judging the beauty and intelligence of women?
How can a sodomite who is drawn unnaturally to members of the same sex POSSIBLY assess females for feminine virtues?
Trump, you are a jerk.
Jeezzz in crackers, not THAT photo !
“Miss Massachusetts Alison Cronin told FOXNews.com she was “shocked”
How can you POSSIBLY SHOCK anyone from a state that has consistently re-elecetd Ted Kennedy and John Kerry????????
PC is code for accept socialism.
“Miss Iowa Chelsea Lynn Gauger, 20, said her state, whose Supreme Court just this month declared a legislative ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, is ahead of the country.”
Hmmmm. I’d say her state is “behind” the country rather than ahead!!!
Gutless. And clueless. Like Ted Turner, my question to him is "How can you be so rich and so dumb?"
I’ve been off FR for about two weeks so haven’t been abreast to this issue on other articles. I thank those who wrote the Donald and I also thank Carrie for having the courage to say what she believes, not what she’s supposed to say. She goes to a Christian college so I think Perez was baiting her. Hem (him/her??) is evil trying to see if hem can get a Christian to deny their beliefs and it didn’t work! So, Perez, just like others like him, just cannot believe they lost the election in California. They just cannot believe that people do not think like they do. Personally, I cannot even watch TV any longer as I am SO sick of listening and watching gay men. I cannot stand it any longer to hear a male talk and act like a sissy female or really like when I was 8 years old with other girls having a tea party. The only way they want things is their way, which is what I guess they didn’t get growing up.
She might have lost a diamond crown, but she stood up to our Savior who wore a crown of thorns!
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