Her crown winning came down to one question, the most political and moral question that could ever be asked: Do you believe in same sex marriage. Not in those exact words, here is is verbatim: "Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit? Why or why not?" Her answer: "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, 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." She took a high moral ground, and for that I couldn't be more proud of a beauty contestent, knowing it wouldn't be the most popular answer. The sad thing about all of this, was the reaction. She lost the crown because of her morals, and now everyone is saying she should have given a more "pleasing" answer in order to win. Really? I thought the whole Q&A part of the competition was saying what you believe in, not what everyone else believes in. I thought the entire competition was about being who you are, not trying to be someone else. But through it all, Miss California Carrie Prejean stood by her answer and states, "I wouldn't change a thing." I watched an interview with her and Matt Lauer on the Today Show, and was very impressed by how well she is handling the whole situation. She was the first runner up, and knows that if she had given a different answer she very well could have won, but still stands by her response and her beliefs. GOOD FOR HER!
In my book, she deserves the most sparkly-studded crown ever. 
Though she could have worn just a little bit more of a modest dress:)
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I had no idea. I saw clips on it but never looked. Thanks for sharing. I couldn't agree more. Really, really wrong.
Hmm.
I didn't see the interview with Matt Lauer. I wish I could climb in her head.
good for her for standing up for what she believes! :)
the BEAUTIFUL thing is, I heard her in an interview today and she said she had no regrets. she said what she thought and she's sticking to it. GOOD FOR HER!
Good for her for standing up for her beliefs. People's values are really going down the tubes, and I applaud her for holding onto her moral values. She should get a crown for that!
Jeannette,
Thanks for sharing this--I hadn't heard about it, but I agree--good for her!
Good for her. Sad that it comes down to such politics. However its good to have people in the public eye stand up for moral values.
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