On this Miss USA nonsense

So this probably happened a couple days ago, but I just read about it this morning. Apparently at the Miss USA competition one of the favorites, Miss California, was asked a question by “celebrity” judge Perez Hilton about same-sex marriage.

Her answer was, “Well, I think it’s great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And you know what, I think in my country, 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.”

Naturally, Hilton got really pissed off by this (his stunned face in the youtube video is actually pretty funny), later called her a dumb bitch, and Miss CA ended up coming in second place. There’s speculation that her answer is what cost her the title, but I’m not buying into that, because I think that Miss North Carolina was better looking anyway. But I think the reaction to this is pretty overblown.

I wish people would stop trying to force their views on other people. Miss CA thinks that marriage should be between a man and a woman, she was raised that way, fine. Agree or disagree with that as you will. But why get angry at her, she’s entitled to believe what she wants. Hell, she even says it’s great that people have the opportunity to choose between the two. She believes what she believes for her own reasons, and it’s not like she’s campaigning for a constitutional amendment. I’m actually impressed she stuck by what she believed, when the judges were clearly wanting for the other answer. By flipping out Hilton is doing more to hurt his cause than to help it; he’s galvanizing the other side and giving them a figure to rally around. I dunno, his reaction just really bothered me, I'm just really not a fan of fanatics, regardless of their side. Unless it's sports.