(From Dan Savage)
Mensa, we've got a winner here:
PREJEAN: My thought on civil unions? You know what, Greta? I don't have the answers to everything. I'm not running for political office. I don't have the answers to everything, you know, in the world out there. But I think that there should be rights for people, you know, especially in California. I think that people that are homosexual should have some rights, you know, hospital rights, and things like that. But I would like to be more educated on that, so when I do have a better answer for you, I will get back to you on that one. But so far I just support traditional marriage, and that's my main focus.Actually, according to the officials at the Miss California contest, her main focus was supposed to be people with disabilities. She's apparently thrown them overboard, and instead of fighting for the rights of the disabled, she's now fighting to take rights away from gays and lesbians. Maybe she blames people with disabilities too for her not winning the crown.
Oh, and gay journalist Rex Wockner pointed out that when he interviewed Miss C she was using the word "gay." Now that she's been brainwashed by the religious right, they've got her using the word "homosexual," which they consider more pejorative.
The thing I don't understand, is the title holder of the Miss California crown beholden to no rules at all? It sure seems that she's abusing her crown for a political cause, and a partisan one at that - these are, after all, little more than Republican front groups she's helping.
And speaking of Miss C, it seems her new bigot friends over at the National Organization for Marriage, also known as 2M4M, are now distancing themselves from her. Maybe they didn't like her centerfold pic. Or maybe she wasn't willing to buy in to the whole "violent overthrow of the government" thing.
