Comments on: Bigotry Apparently Qualifies You To Be A Presenter At The Dove Awards

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:09:27 +0000

Update: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/30/miss.california.ad/index.html

I’d say that’s a big vote for bigot.

By: ghostyhead

ghostyhead — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:47:17 +0000

@allyzay: Divorce FTW! Also: Perez Hilton still sucks.

By: allyzay

allyzay — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:42:29 +0000

@Rheinhold Squeegee: ahaha wait what a wonderful bit of logic you have discovered, if you don't like bigotry then you are bigoted against bigots! i don't think i've heard that since, like, 9th grade from a serious person! also everyone opposite marriage = divorce just fyi

By: Sparrow

Sparrow — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:02:03 +0000

Certainly, Miss Cali’s answer on stage was phrased awkwardly, and I have no problem with the judges giving her a low score based on how she babbled out her answer. To be fair, though, she’s been much more eloquent during her interviews after the fact, and in these interviews she does come off as charming and intelligent (as far as pageant contestants go).

But yes, Perez Hilton sucks.

By: janinedm

janinedm — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:58:56 +0000

@Maura: God, you troll-pummel like a pro. I guess cause it is your job.

Anyway, I have to disagree with you and 2ironic4u. As it stands, her statement is pure word soup. “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…” Excuse me ma’am, I think you left out a few iterations of “such as.” How is that an answer to the question about what the rest of the states should do? Is she telling gays to move to VT? That still doesn’t answer the question.

By: sicksteanein

sicksteanein — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:51:04 +0000

I’d saddleback her.

By: dsven

dsven — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:49:59 +0000

Talk about a tempest in a teacup. Look, I’m Canadian, most of us, including myself, support gay marriage, as in I really could care less what two consenting adults do with their lives.

That being said, I don’t expect everybody to agree with my opinion. One can be “against” gay marriage and still be respectful about it, which I think she way (but articulate about it, that’s another story).

Free speech works both ways unfortunately.

By: Maura

Maura — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:44:04 +0000

@Sparrow: sure, i get where you’re going. i took your bringing obama into the discussion, since he wasn’t mentioned in the post at all, as an attempt to erect a straw man and obfuscate the point of my post, which is that i think it’s kind of noxious for the gospel music channel and the dove awards to ride the coattails of this woman’s 15 minutes in an attempt to get more press for their undercovered-by-mainstream-press awards ceremony (which, fwiw, has been covered on this site in the past and will be wrapped up tomorrow) for a lot of reasons, from my disagreement with her to the pretty much undeniable twin facts that her statement sunday night was both divisive and pretty much incoherent. i know she’ll have the aid of a teleprompter this evening but come on.

@ rheinhold whatever: butterscotch? richard burton? uh, yeah, sure dude.

anyway, can we all just agree that perez hilton sucks?

By: Sparrow

Sparrow — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:37:21 +0000

@Maura – no trap. Like I said, if you think Obama is a bigot, congrats for being consistent. I mean that. But you can’t tell me that there aren’t people who are damning Miss California with the b-word, yet who conveniently ignore Obama’s *same exact position* on this issue, and who wouldn’t dream of calling HIM a bigot for it. I know that there were pro-gay supporters who were disappointed when Obama said that marriage is between a man and a woman, and good for them. But having outrage over Miss Cali, who has no power whatsoever, while giving the most powerful man in the world a free pass simply because he’s a liberal and she’s a conservative, and not holding him to the same (if not HIGHER) standards, is absolutely hypocrisy.

By: Rheinhold Squeegee

Rheinhold Squeegee — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:34:38 +0000

@Maura: Which, by definition, makes you a bigot as well. Last I checked, bigotry wasn't illegal in this country. Violating someone's civil rights or the additional rights of a protected class is, and she did neither. Same Puritan BS, just dipped in chocolate this time; or more accurately, butterscotch. Yes, this heretic has committed thought crime and must be re-educated immediately. Quick, somebody dig up Richard Burton and prep Room 101!