This story struck me this morning and I knew I had to blog about it to share it.At the Miss America pageant this year Miss California was asked a very difficult question.
She was asked "Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit? Why or why not?"
This was her answer according to the article by Access Hollywood.
"Well I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. Um, we live in a land that you can choose same sex marriage or opposite marriage and, you know what, in my country and in, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman," Miss California Carrie Prejean said to a mix of boos and applause. "No offense to anybody out there. But that's how I was raised and that's how I think that it should be between a man and a woman."
The article goes on to talk about how one of the judges thinks she lost the competion because of her answer to that question.
First off, I don't think it was a "political" question at all. I believe it was a statement of beliefs.
She stood up for her beliefs and did a great thing for all of us who are fighting for the right to keep Marriage solely between a man and a woman. Great job a Carrie! You stood up for your God and mine when you stayed true to your beliefs.
I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and we believe "We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife." -- The Family: A Proclamation to the World.
On NBC's Today Show this morning she said she wouldn't have answered the question any differently, "it's not about being politically correct, for me, it's about being Biblically correct."
Thanks again Carrie! I'm sorry you're not Miss America but I don't think that question should have cost you the crown.
