Believe the Answer

It amazes me how one person can start a controversy. Imagine, to Miss California’s Carrie Prejean’s surprise, how one answer can kick-start the hottest controversy in the past year. Shall we start at the beginning?

During last year’s election, most liberal state in the Union decided to ban on Gay Marriage when they passed Proposition 8 with 7 million people voting for it. Whether it was right, or wrong doesn’t matter (you can also apply this to the 18th Amendment). It was passed into law. There was a huge uproar when this happened, but it did happen.

Fast forward five months. As one friend of mine called him, “The tool Perez Hilton” asked Miss California, during the Miss USA pageant, a question about Gay Marriage.

Watch it for yourself here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYV1aBDH7cA

Now, Perez Hilton is furious about this. Why did he ask that question? The reason: he asked it to create a national controversy if the contestant answered it the way he thought it would have been answered. Now, the country is divided once again.

What was so wrong with Miss California’s answer? I couldn’t find an issue with it. Was it right? That is an answer that will vary from person to person, but to Miss Prejean’s credit, she answered it with conviction, knowing that her answer could cost her the crown. In other words, I think she did the right thing. Not for the answer that she gave, but because of the conviction in which she answered it. She didn’t lie. She didn’t try and be political. She formed an opinion and answered the question.

Did she lose? In one way: Yes. She was named First-Runner Up, and didn’t win. She could have lied and won the pageant, but by not doing that, I think she is more of a winner than Miss North Carolina (I don’t know what her name is). But she has also won in the eyes of the people who want their role models to tell the truth. She is a winner in my eyes because of that.

Now the after affects of this are not fully known, but I can say one thing. If you become a fan of hers on Facebook: you’re a homophobe. If you disagree with her, then you’re pro-gay marriage. What does one do in this instance? For one, I agree that her sticking with her beliefs is admirable. I think this will cost her fame and money in the long run, but at least she can keep her head held high.

Now for “that tool”: Perez Hilton. He knew what he was doing. He knew that by asking that question, he was taking a competition that was meant to be about beauty and turned it into a political circus (and probably gave him the highest ratings he has ever had on his blog). Calling Carrie Prejean a “stuipd b****” was also wrong. She’s not stupid, she just has conviction and is willing to stand by it. I think someone who stands up for their beliefs has more moral character than a person that will lie to me to make me like them. Do I sometimes not want to hear the “truth”? Yeah, but I respect a person more for sticking to their beliefs.

Shame on you Mrs. Hilton. SHAME!