Kudos to Carrie Prejean. Perez Hilton is a Douchebag

I have to tell you, there is nothing that gains my respect more than seeing people stand by their convictions, especially under extreme stress circumstances. People like that stand out, like one of the elders at my Mom's church who once took a big job demotion and a severe pay cut rather than compromise his integrity in the area of honesty in the workplace. I've known other folks who have stood up for what is right and have been chastized. I guess that comes with the territory of doing what's right, which seems to be a lost art nowadays, as well as bucking societal and politically correct pressure.

I really do not follow celebrity stuff at all - I don't care what they do, who they date, what they eat, etc. So I deliberately try to avoid the parts of the newspaper that have to do with "entertainment" or TV shows which are geared towards celebrity gossip (I don't have cable anyway, so it's not like I get these channels). However, I have to say that a recent story took my interest. Have a look at the YouTube video:

Carrie Prejean Interviewed During the Miss USA Pageant

I am not a fan of beauty contests, but this contestant, Miss California Carrie Prejean, shared her convictions, to the chagrin of celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, who posed the question. Hilton, who is gay, probably had no idea that a contestant from the liberal state of California, would give a radically different answer than he expected. And good for Carrie Prejean, I say. It takes a lot of guts to be able to not say the politically correct answer, and to speak her convictions. I found out afterwards that she is a born again Christian (what she is doing in a beauty contest wearing swimsuits and such is a bit puzzling to me, but I digress), and it took a lot of courage for her to share what she did. However, as you can tell, she did get some applause for her answer. After the pageant was over, Hilton, the weasel that he is, let loose in an expletive tirade against Prejean, calling her a "dumb bitch" and superimposing a picture of a man's genitals with a picture of Prejean. He said that he really wanted to call her the "c" word. Really obscene stuff. Honestly, I don't know how this guy manages to keep a job.

Hilton is the epitome of a real waste of skin. Honestly, if someone decided to take him out, I doubt that there would be many tears (probably some reward). Of course, he would save his venomous comments for afterwards when he wasn't facing Prejean. What a coward! What a douchebag! You ever notice that it is these politically correct types who never have a backbone, yet chide people with convictions because they choose to not accept the politically correct answer? It's like the old adage, why bother asking someone else a question when all you are expecting is your own answer?

I really do comment Prejean for standing up for what she believes. It is hard to stand in front of all those people and give an answer that you probably know is not going to be well received. But isn't it interesting, for all the cynics who say that beauty pageants generally tend to be all style and no substance, and that no one thinks that the contestants have anything substantive to say, that on an occasion that one does say something intelligent and not expected, that she should be commended, not criticized. And what is really wrong with what she said, anyway? She believes that marriage is between a man and a woman. That is how we were designed. It's not popular to suggest this, but I know that there are a lot of closet supporters out there who, while not having the guts to publicly proclaim that homosexual relationships are not only far from the ideal, but are inherently sinful (which, by the way, goes true for gluttony, lying/gossiping, and a host of other behaviours). I am not one to simply rail on homosexuality but not on people who gorge while they are eating or who backstab others with their words. Sin is sin - there are different consequences of various sins, but isn't really anything such as degrees of sin, no matter what Southern Baptists and the Catholic church will have you believe.

I find it funny that the liberals who are at the forefront of the Prejean criticism by and large voted in Barack Obama and Joe Biden, both of whom have stated unequivocally that they do not support gay marriage, and in fact, support the traditional definition of marriage, between a man and a woman. I could be wrong, but don't Bill and Hillary Clinton say the same, in terms of their personal views on the issue. Yet, I don't see too many arrows flung at them, historically or otherwise. I guess their pandering to left-wing causes washes away any indigestion on that issue.

We need more Carrie Prejeans in the world. Let's hope that the exposure she gets will give her other opportunities to share her faith and beliefs with others. People in general hate to hear that these days and will say that doing so is being "intolerant" or "bigoted". Yet, when we stop valuing the highest stanards of moral behaviour, and strive towards the same, we become a complacent society which accepts everything as valid even if it does not have the wider picture in mind, in terms of society and the family unit.

I also appreciated how respectful she was in her response, simply stating belief, but obviously realizing that it may not go over well with certain segments of the population. I can definitely respect that, since I don't always exercise expressive discretion myself. My hat's off to Carrie Prejean.