In Defense of Miss California  

Posted by Baron Korf in ,

An injustice has occured, and once again the MSM has it all backwards.  I'll try to do this while holding back my personal opinions and not taking any well-deserved pot shots at Mr Hilton.  I leave that to Tim Jones, who basically expresses my personal view on it.

Let's start off with the Question and the Answer.  Mr. Hilton asked "Vermont recently legalized same-sex marriages. Do you think other states should follow suit, why or why not?"  A loaded question from a known homosexual marriage advocate, which consititues a conflict of interest in my opinion.  

However lets looks at Ms. Prejean's answer.  “Well I think its 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, 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 and that’s how I think it should be between a man and a woman. Thank you very much.”

Off the bat, a very disjointed response.  I can forgive that given the nature of this question.  Hot button issues are the kiss of death in these sorts of situations.  In subsequent interviews she admitted to dreading that sort of question and so while still a mark against her, it is understandable that it was sloppy.  

Next there is the issue of choosing.  This, whether she realized it or not, is an appeal to federalism.  She notes that in different states its allowed and that the states are allowed to govern their own people.  This is the very concept of the 10th amendment in the Bill of Rights.
10.) The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
As a representative of the United States, a woman who understands state's rights and the constitution would be most admirable.  Then she apologetically asserted her beliefs on the matter.  So we see in both Vermont and California the state's ability to regulate their own people in different ways.  Mr. Hilton got mad at her for being divisive and alienating, yet he asked a question that her home state of California settled on a 52/48 margin.  A large number of people were going to be alienated either way, unless she gave a non-answer.  So really this was a half-decent answer to a question that either never should've been asked or judged more impartially.

 --The Baron
Ceterum autem censeo, Tabulam esse delendam!

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Foxfier, formerly Sailorette  

I want the ass charged with religious discrimination.

He wouldn't have asked the question if she'd professed to be a practicing orthodox Buddhist, even though there's a very good chance the answer would be the same.

April 23, 2009 10:41 AM

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