Marriage between anyone but a man and a woman is not a marriage

By: Chris Johnson

Most of us have been in situations where we know that we are grossly outnumbered in a controversy where Truth needs to be spoken and there seemingly is no one else but you or me.

It would appear that those kind of situations are becoming more available. By God’s grace, we will step into them as Miss California on Sunday night.

Seeing and/or hearing how Miss California in the Miss USA pageant spoke against same sex marriages in the pageant on Sunday night was one such example.

Carrie Prejean (Miss California) was amazing in the simplicity and sincerity of her answer “I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody there. But that’s how I was raised and that’s how I think it should be. ….”

And it cost her the title of Miss USA.

[I shared my commentary yesterday.]
https://americandecency.org/main.php?f=updates_new/2009/April/04.21.09

I share with you a few other commentaries in regard to this unthinkable situation – that the time-honored standard of Biblical marriage between a man and a woman is out of favor???
From Gary Bauer, Campaign for Working Families:

Exchanging One Crown For Another

If there is a Christian out there who thinks men and women of faith are not being tolerant enough, look at what just happened to Carrie Prejean at the Miss America contest this weekend. Prejean, Miss California, was asked by Perez Hilton, one of the Miss America contest judges, about her views on same-sex “marriage.”

Prejean answered, “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.” Hilton, by the way, is well-known homosexual blogger, who reportedly called Prejean a “dumb b—h with half a brain” and said that he would have “stormed onto the stage and ripped off her tiara if she had won.” Luckily for her, she was first runner-up.

According to various reports, there were boos from the audience after Prejean’s statement, shouting matches in the lobby and dueling press releases regarding her remarks. Keith Lewis, who runs the Miss California competition, issued a statement, which read, “As co-director of the Miss California USA, I am personally saddened and hurt that Miss California believes marriage rights belong only to a man and a woman. …religious beliefs have no [place] in the Miss California family.”

Shanna Moakler, also a co-director of Miss California, responded on Twitter by writing, “This is why we have judges at Miss USA, so we find the girl to rep us ALL.” That would seem to indicate that Prejean – a heavy favorite at the start of the pageant – lost precisely because of her religious beliefs. In fact, Perez Hilton admitted as much in an interview with Larry King.

For her part, Prejean told Fox News, “This happened for a reason. By having to answer that question in front of a national audience, God was testing my character and faith. I’m glad I stayed true to myself.” Good for her! The overwhelming majority of the American people are with her, and she has every right to express her opinion.

But it should be a wake-up call to men and women of faith and everyone who cherishes freedom of speech and religious liberty. The backlash to Prejean’s commonsense comments demonstrates the naked intolerance of the militant homosexual movement. This is a movement that will not be satisfied until it has shoved all expressions of faith into the closet it has just burst out of. And if it gets its way in Congress, comments like Prejean’s may someday be considered a “hate crime.”

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Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council:

Miss California Sets Her Eyes on the Real Prize

At the Miss USA pageant, Carrie Prejean may have lost the crown but she won plenty of respect. Miss California, who was the odds-on favorite to capture this year’s title, faced her biggest test this past weekend–answering a question from the judges about same-sex “marriage.” To Fox News, the first runner-up said yesterday, “Out of all the topics I studied up on, I dreaded that one… If I had any other question, I know I would have won,” she said.

Perez Hilton, an open homosexual who served as a pageant judge, pressed Prejean, asking if every state should legalize homosexual marriage. After a brief pause, Miss California responded in the same way that more than four million of her state’s voters did during last November’s election. “…I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody there, but that’s how I was raised and that’s how I think it should be…”

After the contest, in which Prejean finished second, Hilton showed his “tolerance” by saying (in the few comments fit to print) that had Miss California won, “I would have gone up on stage… and snatched the tiara off her head…” Later, he took another swipe saying, “Miss USA should represent everyone. Her answer alienated millions of gay and lesbian[s]…” As Miss USA, Carrie would have represented mainstream Americans (including Californians) who have voted to ban counterfeit marriage in every state where the question has been put to the people.

Even though Carrie believes her answer “did cost me my crown,” she told Access Hollywood, “I wouldn’t have had it any other way… I see the audience would’ve wanted me to be more politically correct. But I was raised… that you can never compromise your beliefs and opinions for anything.”

For the rest of us who fight this demonization every day, it’s a different venue but the same old liberal strategy: intimidate everyday Americans into silence. What we witnessed on the Miss USA stage (the Left can speak; conservatives can’t,) is the same mentality that drives the debate over “hate crimes,” ENDA, and marriage. People are entitled to their opinion only if it’s shared by the radical Left. As we speak, Congress is planning a mark-up on the first “hate crimes” bill of the new session, H.R. 1913, which would make it very costly for anyone to speak the truth about homosexuality in public or in the pulpit. Contact your representatives today and urge them to join the majority who believe in free speech for all.

Additional Resources
Fox News: Exclusive: Carrie Prejean Says ‘God Was Testing My Faith’ With Gay Marriage Question
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,517228,00.html

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