Miss California Did the Right Thing

I’ve been quiet about the Miss California gay marriage thing because, quite frankly, it seemed like a distraction. Still does, in fact. But since the battle line of the week seems to be drawn on the incident, I suppose I’ll chime in.

First, here’s a video of the question/answer, followed by the transcript of her answer.

Well, I think it’s great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. We live in a land that you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite [sic] marriage. And you know what, in my country, and in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised, and that’s how I think it should be between a man and a woman. Thank you.

I’m totally okay with this. I’m glad she said what she really thinks about marriage equality instead of lapsing into a canned “world peace” answer. She did chicken out a bit when she caught herself and changed “in my country” to “in my family”, though.

How long till they announce the Playboy deal?

The biggest problem I have with Miss California’s answer is that Americans aren’t able to choose same marriage or opposite marriage. It’s just not so. In fact, that’s why the question was asked.

And by the way, it apparently isn’t even true in her family, as her sister is a gay rights activist, so really her answer was built on a lie.

She's sweat, wet, got it goin' like a turbo vette

Frankly, as many gays are involved with and enamored by pageants and such, Miss California may have trouble in the pageant world after this.

And you know what? I’m okay with that too. Actions have consequences, and that might be one of them.

The oddest part of all of this is that she’s been so embraced by the Religious Right. She made an appearance on the Gospel Music Awards and got a standing ovation. She’s already made it into articles of the anti-gay American Family Association. She even has kind words from Peter LaBarbera, and he’s got an award named after him!

They're totally real, I swear!

I mean, I understand that it seems like an obvious endorsement, what with Miss California wanting to keep The Homosexuals down and everything, but what happens when their ultra-conservative audience gets a look at the photographs she had made showcasing her ass and her fake boobs?

It just seems like a disaster waiting to happen is all.