For the last two days the incident between Miss California and Perez Hilton during Sunday night’s Miss America Pageant has gotten a significant amount of media coverage.
Apparently, Miss California is saying she lost the crown because of her controversial answer to the gay marriage question that Perez asked. But is it right to assume Perez Hilton’s vote had that much weight? How many other judges were on the panel, and did they care as much about her answer as Perez?
I am for gay marriage, and I believe that eventually every state in this country will allow it. I don’t know if it will happen one year from now, or five, or fifty. But it will happen.
That said, I still admire Miss California for answering the question truthfully when she knew it may not be a popular response (Even though everyone said she was booed, I only heard loud applause when I watched the clip). I don’t think she should have lied just to win the crown.
All over the Internet you’ll find people commenting on both sides of the issue. This year’s Miss America pageant has gotten a lot more media coverage than it has in recent years. Did anyone even know it was on Sunday night?
And shouldn’t the attention really be on the actual winner of the pageant? You got to give Miss California some credit. Even though she lost, she’s succeeded in getting the media spotlight to shine on her instead of the winner. She even got my attention.
