Miss USA Breakdown, or Why Pageant Girls Should Be Mute

I think its really funny how conservatives rushed to defend little Miss California, Carrie Prejean, and commend her for her "brave honesty."

First of all, there should be nothing extraordinary about honesty.  

Secondly, why should I or anyone else feel guilt for making her opinions an example of public discrimination, given that she said them in a public forum, as well as on national television? If you say something stupid (as most pageant girls seem to do), you're running the risk of widespread mockery.  

Lastly, coming out in public against gay marriage rights is akin to public suicide, especially if you're in the beauty business. Hello...who do you think is the backbone of the beauty industry?  

What I always think about is this: How do you really want to be remembered? Do you want to be remembered as someone who discriminated against an entire community? Think about politicians from 50 years ago that were publicly pro-segregation. Do you think they probably regretted it? Do you think they were remembered fondly post-mortem?

Think about poor Anita Bryant...do you think anybody whispers her name anymore, unless to provide the punchline for a (hopefully) raunchy joke?

Equal rights for the gay community is a top civil rights priority worldwide, and especially so in America. In this respect, gay marriage is inevitable, so what's the point of standing in the way of inevitable social progress?

Furthermore, This idea that someone's upbringing or religious affiliation is a singular defense for this kind of discrimination is ridiculous. Whether you grow up in a hippie commune or a Baptist clan, it isn't hard to grasp that discrimination is morally wrong.

The irony in all of this? Half of marriages end in divorce. Newt Gingrich has been married 3 times himself. You'd have better odds surviving a jump off a 4-story building than lasting until your 10th wedding anniversary.

Considering the rate of divorce, what is the point of holding marriage to this ideal that doesn't exist? There is no longer such a thing as traditional marriage, or a traditional family, for that matter (thank goodness).

This is why I have zero compassion for Carrie Prejean. The fact that we live in the information age, where numerous facts and statistics are at our fingertips at any given time, she was an idiot to come out on the defense of "opposite marriage," especially when her team is losing so dramatically.

If the straights can't even get it right, why hold the gays back?

Yeah.