It took Roland Martin of CNN to step up and provide the strongest defense of Carrie Prejean, Miss California. I must say that I'm surprised given Roland's left leaning viewpoints. He wrote an impressive commentary on CNNPolitics.com in defense of Miss California for expressing her personal view of gay marriage. For those of you who have been hiding under a rock for the last several days, the Miss USA beauty pageant took place recently and Miss California was one of two finalists. One of the judges, Perez Hilton, asked her a question about her view on gay marriage. She could have easily given a politically correct answer and probably would have won the competition, but instead she gave an honest answer that happens to represent the majority of Californians and the positions of Obama, Biden and the Clintons. For this she has been castigated by Hollywood and members of the mainstream media. Kudos to Roland Martin for stepping up and speaking the truth!
Frankly, this whole story is pretty stupid. Isn't the whole point of asking a question to get someone's true feelings, rather than the plastic and superficial answers we are all used to receiving?
Sure, Prejean could have gone the safe route and given one of those answers that reveal nothing and is hard to decipher -- you know, the ones politicians give all the time -- but no! She actually gave her real opinion, and is now being torn to shreds for it.
She opposes same-sex marriage. OK, fine. So what if she had said, "Hey, I'm in full support of same-sex marriage." Would she now be celebrated on gay-focused blogs, magazines and Web sites? Would her detractors actually be saying how open she is and that she's a great person?
Same-sex marriage is undoubtedly a hot button issue. And being from California, the site of Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that voters approved outlawing same-sex marriage, Prejean has surely had to hear the debate go back and forth. But her remark isn't outside the mainstream. A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll shows that 55 percent of Americans are against same-sex marriage, and Proposition 8 did pass in her state 52-48 percent.
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