Miss California comes out against gay marriage … loses Miss USA 2009
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On tonight's Miss USA Pageant, Miss California was asked by Judge Perez Hilton if other states should follow Vermont's lead by legalizing same-sex marriage. Here's her answer.
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Miss California is actually Carrie Prejean, a junior at San Diego Christian College. Her favorite bible verse is Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." That strength must have forsaken her tonight. Honestly I'm not sure how much of the judging is done in advance, but could her homophobic answer have cost Prejean the crown?
Perez Hilton responds, as only Perez can…
UPDATE: Pageant audience reactions from AP…
Some in the audience cheered, others booed. The answer sparked a shouting match in the lobby after the show.
"It's ugly," said Scott Ihrig, a gay man, who attended the pageant with his partner. "I think it's ridiculous that she got first runner-up. That is not the value of 95 percent of the people in this audience. Look around this audience and tell me how many gay men there are."
Charmaine Koonce, the mother of Miss New Mexico USA Bianca Carla, argued back.
"In the Bible it says marriage is between Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve!"
It just keeps getting better and better…