God watch over this brave, brave woman and her defiant crusade for liberty...
Posted on 01/07/2011 9:35:19 AM PST by presidio9
Leave it to a New Yorker to shake things up at the Miss America Pageant.
Instead of sticking to something safe, Miss New York Claire Buffie will be championing gay rights as part of her campaign to become the next Miss America.
Never in the 90-year history of the pageant has a contestant gone to bat for gays. And the 24-year-old brunette knows she's taking a risk with her "Straight for Equality: Let's Talk" platform.
But this, she says, is the civil rights struggle of her generation.
"Miss America is looking for a woman who is intelligent, has a vision and is compassionate about making change," she told the Daily News.
Born and raised in Indiana, Buffie was second runnerup in the Miss Indiana 2008 contest before she pulled up stakes and moved to lower Manhattan - and set her sights on becoming Miss New York.
In doing so, Buffie found her cause.
"The reason I am such a vocal straight ally is because my older sister, Sarah, is gay, and I have a lot of gay friends and a gay roommate," she said.
They, she said, are "people that I care about so much and that I never want to see treated as second-class citizens."
High-profile suicides of some gay teens last year also fueled her cause.
"That proves to me that this is not something that we can brush under the rug anymore," Buffie said.
To give the beauty pageant more heft, Miss America organizers began requiring contestants in 1989 to come up with a social platform.
Most opt for causes that are worthy - and noncontroversial.
This year, for example, Miss New Jersey is running on "Read to Succeed" and Miss Connecticut is going with "One World: Global Awareness for Global Prosperity."
Not Buffie. When the show airs live from Las Vegas on Jan. 15, she's going for broke.
"It's groundbreaking in a way since it's the first in the Miss America organization," she said. "But also it's just so current."
Mindful that she also has to do well in the swimsuit part of the competition, Buffie said she gets in shape the way many New Yorkers do.
"I run the Brooklyn Bridge all the time," she said.
God watch over this brave, brave woman and her defiant crusade for liberty...
“God watch over this brave, brave woman and her defiant crusade for liberty... “
You’ve GOT to be kidding ..................
Not pretty at all. But she’ll get the crown just because of her homo-grovelling.
No fair trying to flatter the judges!
Please... read the article again, then tell us if you really meant what you posted.
Making up for a lack of looks = $10
Selecting an oh-so trendy liberal/marxist agenda item = $400
Aspiring to be a full time professional agitator = PRICELESS !!!
homely chick that would not get picked out of a random lineup trying to get noticed
Do we wonder why straight women like her are generally screwed up in this country?
That’s what I thought too.
especially because calling Gay rights - Civil Rights is like saying being black is just like being Gay.Or saying that same sex “marriage” is anything but FRAUD.Gay Rights is as much a LIE as anything associated with the lifestyle choice.
She likely will win now, as homo advocacy is “in” nowadays.
“To give the beauty pageant more heft . . . .”
Next thing you know, Bert Parks will be gay.
I believe it was a sarcastic comment.
Perez Hilton wouldn’t hit it!
Sticking to something 'safe'? hilarious.
I don't think she'll need to worry about anyone charging the stage and 'snatching that tiara right off her head'.
Thanks your efforts, 20% of homosexual males in urban areas now have HIV, homosexual males account for 65% of the cases if syphilis in the nation and the suicide rates for homosexuals are far higher than for normal people.
The more the acceptance of homosexuality, the greater destruction for those engaged in homosexual behavior.
Idiot. Probably dates a skinny, bearded, left wing tool of a metrosexual who works at Starbucks.
I’d hope so ...........
what does presidio9 say?
Thanks to your efforts, 20% of homosexual males in urban areas now have HIV, homosexual males account for 65% of the cases if syphilis in the nation and the suicide rates for homosexuals are far higher than for normal people.
The more the acceptance of homosexuality, the greater destruction for those engaged in homosexual behavior.
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