Gay marriage row at Miss USA show
 

Gay marriage row at Miss USA show

The runner-up at the Miss USA beauty pageant says her outspoken opposition to gay marriage cost her first place in the competition.

During the televised event, Carrie Prejean - Miss California - said she believed that "a marriage should be between a man and a woman".

She had been asked for her views on the subject by one of the judges, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.

"It did cost me my crown," said Ms Prejean, after the competition.

The eventual winner of the pageant was Kristen Dalton, Miss North Carolina.

'Alienated'

"We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage," said Ms Prejean, in a section of the show that has become a popular clip on YouTube.

"I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman," she continued.

"No offence to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised."

The remarks drew a mixture of booing and applause from the audience.

Speaking after the show, which was broadcast on Sunday evening in the US, Ms Prejean said: "I wouldn't have had it any other way. I said what I feel. I stated an opinion that was true to myself and that's all I can do."

Hilton said he had been "floored" by Ms Prejean's answer, which, he said, "alienated millions of gay and lesbian Americans, their families and their supporters".

He told ABC News: "She lost it because of that question. She was definitely the front-runner before that."

Keith Lewis, who runs the Miss California competition, released a statement condemning Ms Prejean's comments.

"As co-director of the Miss California USA, I am personally saddened and hurt that Miss California believes marriage rights belong only to a man and a woman."

The issue of same-sex marriage is a flashpoint in American politics.

Four US states now allow gay marriage, but many other states have passed legislation outlawing it.

it is kinda like that theater director in san francisco getting outed for supporting Prop 8 in CA.....if you dont like gays, you are kinda in the wrong business. is there a more gayer field than beauty pagents??? way to know your audience.

but thats def a deep question for such a vapid competition, whatever happened to questions about feeding starving africans and giving everyone a map?

oh yeah, and fuck perez hilton.

werd.

Incinerate them all. Not gays, but the beauty pageant contestants, judges, audiences and general stakeholders.

They made Perez Hilton a judge for Miss USA? Shouldn't they be judged by, you know, fashion and modeling executives or previous pageant winners, not happenstance celebrities who got famous for being annoying douche bags?

i'm glad she was honest. I'm not against gays or gay marriage, but i dont think everyone should be forced to think its "ok". Freedom of speech is still alive.

Funny.. I thought I heard more applauses and cheering than booing.
And the fatso reaction priceless.

haha apparently women and poofters are the only people you can marginalize in this country anymore :rolleyes:

Why's that whore of Babylon wearing mixed cloth?! :mad: Leviticus 18:22 is against homosexuals but we cannot ignore Leviticus 19:19 which is against mixing two different kinds of cloths together. She's not only a hypocrite but a sinner that will burn in the pits of her hell. :D lol

So we live in a country that states we can believe what we want, as long as it's acceptable by the gay community. Wow. So a gay person can believe that marriage is alright, but a strait person cannot think otherwise, else they are a bigot. Interesting.


On another note, WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT DOUCHEBAG JUDGING A BEAUTY COMPETITION FOR?!?! Dude's fugly, mentally inept, a braggart and completely tasteless. My fucking dog's opinion on beauty would be more sound.