interdependent

i should be getting ready for school now but everyone knows my attitude towards school anyway. i came across this article about miss california mentioning that she is personally against gay marriage and lots of people, including her “best friend”, have backlashed her about that comment.

i had a similar conversation with a bunch of friends just a while back. some of us were firmly against it and i was pretty unconcerned about it cos its pretty much none of my business. so you could say im pretty apathetic towards this issue. but what really irked me about what happened to this miss california was that she wasnt even allowed an opinion of her own. 

While all of the state pageant directors were quick to greet their beauty queens after the live telecast, Moakler and Lewis did not go backstage, nor did they call Prejean to congratulate her on being first runner-up for Miss USA, after Prejean told a national TV audience that she was personally opposed to gay marriage

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“Hollywood isn’t just liberal, it is fearfully liberal. It is easier in Hollywood to say you’re a drug addict or to pretty much anything than to admit to being a committed Christian,” media expert and longtime Hollywood publicist, Michael Levine of Levine Communications, told FOXnews.com.

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But according to Equality California, a statewide advocacy group dedicated to winning equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, Prejean’s views on gay marriage don’t fit with those of her generation.

“It is unfortunate that Miss California, who we note did not win, is so out of touch with the overwhelming majority of people her age that she wants to deny loving, committed couples the rights and dignity that come only with marriage,” said Geoff Kors, Executive Director of Equality California.

i would say its really brave of miss california to speak her stand. a smart, albeit less convicted, person will simply go with the flow and say that shes in favor of gay marriages. but this miss california is different. she has the guts and i salute her for it.

i just believe that in this world, everyone should be entitled to their own opinion. dont cut anyone down simply because they think and believe differently from you. its awfully difficult though, especially for people like me.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517277,00.html