Some believers have panned Prejean because of her participation in a beauty pageant that requires that she parade around before the world in revealing clothing. I understand there point, but am still proud of the stand she's taking against same-sex "marriage" in D.C. as reported in this article from the NY Daily News...The battle over the beauty queen is getting uglier.
Miss California USA Carrie Prejean announced Thursday she will star in an anti-gay marriage ad sponsored by the controversial National Organization for Marriage.
"I was attacked for giving my own opinion on stage at a Miss USA contest, and I'm going to do whatever it takes, Matt, to protect marriage," Prejean, 21, told NBC "Today" show host Matt Lauer.
"The National Organization for Marriage basically just respects, um, you know, marriages and people who support it," she said. "That's what I'm here to do today, protect traditional marriage."
Pageant officials called Prejean a disappointing opportunist.
"In the entire history of the Miss USA, no reigning title holder has so readily committed her face and voice to a more divisive or polarizing issue," organizers said in a statement.
"We are deeply saddened Carrie Prejean has forgotten her platform of the Special Olympics, her commitment to all Californians, and solidified her legacy as one that goes beyond the right to voice her beliefs and instead reveals her opportunistic agenda."
Prejean became a YouTube sensation after she answered a question on gay marriage posed by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton at the April 19 Miss USA pageant.
"I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman," she said. Hilton, who is openly gay, excoriated her on his popular blog, calling her a "dumb b----."
Prejean later said she thought she had lost the contest because of her stance.
The National Organization for Marriage was quick to defend Prejean.
"The statement by the Miss California USA Pageant is another example of the disrespectful way the pageant has treated Carrie Prejean," Maggie Gallagher, president of NOM, said in a statement.
"Carrie Prejean does not have an opportunistic agenda. She's a young woman of courage who chose truth over the Miss USA tiara. Many people are revealing their core character and convictions in a very public way in this incident," Gallagher said.
"Carrie Prejean is one who comes out shining. I'm proud of her. Americans are proud of her. God bless her."
BY Nancy Dillon
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
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