Miss California....sigh.

So, I can't say that I watched Miss USA whenever it was it came on the teevee, but I have heard all about runner-up Miss California. Poor Miss North Carolina (the winner)! Miss C is stealing all her thunder-those pageant girls sure can be mean! No one is talking about her but everyone is talking about the feud between Miss Cali and blogger Perez Hilton. If you have somehow missed this whole debacle, Miss C's question came from Perez Hilton (if you are not familiar: snarky gay celebrity blogger who draws penises coming out of celebrities' mouths and white trails coming out of their noses, among other things), and was along the lines of: Vermont just became the 4th state to legalize gay marriage, do you think the rest of the states should do the same?

Now, Miss C answered like this (quote): "We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite. 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."

Now Miss California says that she believes her beliefs about gay marriage may have cost her the crown. And maybe she is right-I mean, talk about biting the hand that feeds you! Or in her case, did her hair, makeup, and designed her gown. But on the other hand, maybe, just maybe, she lost because her answer was incoherent and did not actually answer the question. I mean, "OPPOSITE" MARRIAGE? LOL! What is she talking about? And the whole point was that MOST people in this country DON'T have the choice-only four states do, but she stated that in this "land' everyone can choose. And "I think that I believe that" is totally bad grammar! If you are stating it, honey, we assume that these are your thoughts and your beliefs, you don't have to clarify that. And then, "No offense" is what you say when you know what you've said is offensive-basically a "sorry, but not really!" kind of thing. Thing is, Perez wasn't really asking her what her personal beliefs were-she offered them up freely! She could have said something like, "YES, since each state determines its own marriage laws, now is a great time to give the people of every state the opportunity to vote on this issue, like we did here in California." She could have left her views out of it, answered the question, and probably won.

Now, clearly she is proud of her stance, and has done many interviews defending her choice not to give a politically correct answer and stay true to her religious beliefs. To say that she lost because of it leaves out the fact that the answer was a rambling mess, regardless of the other implications. Her answer was simply ridiculous. So for her now to basically be saying that she was discriminated against because of her religious beliefs is completely ironic! Maybe if she had a hint of self-awareness she'd think, "hmm, it doesn't feel good when someone leaves you out because of the way you live your life," and connect the dots to see that is what she did when she told the people that fixed her hair, did her makeup, coached her, and were judging her that while they were good enough to give her highlights they weren't good enough to have what she has-the right to marry the person of their choice.

Oh, and to top it all off, this is the woman Michael Phelps is supposed to be "dating." I guess smoking pot and drinking are fine in this religion of hers. Oy!