Posted on 04/29/2009 12:42:25 PM PDT by Caleb1411
Miss California may have lost a pageant, but she's not sorry. She has won a cause.
Carrie Prejean's politically incorrect response to a question about same-sex marriage may have cost her the Miss USA crown, but apparently it's going to take more than a few insults from celebrity blogger Perez Hilton to change her mind.
"It's unfortunate that this happened, but it's become such a blessing," Miss Prejean said in a telephone interview Tuesday with The Washington Times. "I'm glad I didn't win that pageant, because I now have a cause, I now have a purpose and I'm going to pursue it."
Not only is Miss Prejean refusing to apologize, explain her answer or even stay out of the spotlight, but she's unabashedly promoting traditional marriage in post-pageant appearances, including later this week in Washington and in Lynchburg, Va.
In doing so, she's become an inspiration to conservative Christians, especially those in California, who are reluctant to speak out on behalf of traditional marriage in the face of shifting cultural mores, said Miles McPherson, her pastor at the San Diego-based Rock Church.
"Every week, we tell our congregation to do something bold, and here she did it on the biggest stage in the world," said Mr. McPherson, a former San Diego Chargers football player who founded the evangelical megachurch. "It's about standing up for faith in the face of persecution. A lot of people are intimidated about saying what they believe because it's not politically correct."
Last week in New York, he said, dozens of people went out of their way to thank Miss Prejean for taking her stance. "People left and right kept coming up to her, telling her how much they appreciated what she said," Mr. McPherson said. "It was overwhelming."
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I, too, have had to turn down a lot of babes who didn't meet my strict height requirements. You compromise on a half inch here, a pound or two there, next thing you know you've totally sold out.
I used to have fairly stringent requirements, too, but I’ve found as I aged, that the target pool is much smaller. My standards have relaxed to the point that female and mammalian are about my only criteria.
Nuts. I was hoping her new mission in life was to get that man-toad Perez Hilton kicked off the internet.
I’m surprised they haven’t dug into the most minute details of her family, school, church, job, friends, etc....what, is the drive-by media slipping?...or are they cowering under their desks with face masks and bottles of hand sanitizer?
Sorry, she is a White, Christian conservative. Only muslims and non whites are victims of hate crime. She is just a bigot and a homo hater who should be sent to a camp to get her head straight.
Hey CJ, I'm going to have to assume "breathing" is also one of your criteria? :-)
She could probably pinch the head off of that ugly, dwarfish pansy, Perez Hilton. I'd pay to see that.
I hope you're 6' tall, Revolting cat!.....and I hope you don't look like your screen name. If you qualify, you may have a chance, by golly. Let us know how you make out.
Leni
Stand your ground, young lady. You have friends who will support you.
JoMa
Ahhhhhhh...
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