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Doug Robinson: Miss California spoke for silent majority
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What have they done to earn the honor of judging a pageant, let alone getting media air time?
I attended the Miss America pageant where Kayla Barclay (Miss Utah) competed and was impressed with the judges and their respect for the contestants. This just goes to show that the Miss America organization is head and shoulders above Miss USA.
The reigning Miss America won after singing a religious song for her talent. Wouldn't have happened at Miss USA.
Prejean, thank you for your courage, your honesty, and your morality. You do represent the majority, although, as Doug said, certain factions would have you believe otherwise.
The crown you lost is soiled, and is therefore probably something you don't want to wear anyway.
also, like stenar said, I would hardly classify the anti-gay marriage people as "silent"....
It's not the Gay's fault that more and more people are coming to realize that being hateful, bigoted, and acting superior towards Gays is wrong, That Gays aren't out to get anybody and are really no different from everyone else in that they want to live their lives with someoney they love...
there-by creating a small minority(I refuse to call it a silent one) of people who thinks it's perfectly Ok.
By the way, did you happen to hear the winner's answer to the same question that Miss Cal was blindsided with? If you would take the time to look at different aspects of the story you might be more appreciative of the situation. Real men do those kind of things you know.
The fact is, she could barely put 10 words together for a sentence, so she shouldn't win, and didn't win.
She (and you) can talk all you want that she lost due to her answer on same-sex marriage, but the fact is, she was an attractive dim bulb. Maybe she should run for governor of Alaska...
This controversy is over one person using his right of free speech to state that he disagrees with the comment someone else made when exercising her right to free speech.
She has a right to her opinion.
He has a right to his opinion.
Nobody is shutting anybody up.
Both of them are getting airtime for their respective causes.
Ya'all have been played...
now you're lucky to have one or two that agree with you. It must make you sad to see the world changing before your very eyes, in a way you disapprove of...
welcome to our planet, and the 21st century. You'll get used to it...
Pete in Texas
of course the poster has a right to say Miss California's opinion is wrong. Just like I can say your opinion is wrong. It's called free speech.
live with it, Pete.
Yes I do *rolls eyes* It's my opinion that she is wrong...I wonder... Do you feel that i'm WRONG???
"There is ONE who can define right and wrong..."
Yeah, Apparently you...
fine - it's a privilege. so you can't withhold privileges simply because you disagree with someone.
it's a privilege to sit at the front of the bus too...
Parents: "Why did you steal that candy?"
You: "I wanted it."
Parents" "Haven't we told you it was wrong to steal?"
You: "Duh... like 2 years ago. How am I supposed to stay current on what's wrong and right unless you tell me every week??"
To the other posters that said I'm deciding about what is wrong and right, you need to re-read my post. I don't define right and wrong. Anything I come up with, (and that you come up with for that matter), are opinions against or for right and wrong. Those values have already been set. Now we voice our OPINIONS about them.... but they won't change.
Pete in Texas
We no longer enslave our enemies, we wear mixed fabrics, parents don't beat their children to death for sassing them, and men no longer marry their brother's widows. (Just to name a few...)
Where in the Bible does it ever say those things no longer have to be practiced but other things do? How do we know what still applies and what doesn't?
you assume God wrote the bible, when in fact men wrote the bible. And you assume the people that translated the bible got it right, when it's been translated from multiple different languages.
The greeks had a specific word for gays, and that word is found no where in the greek translations of the bible. why is that?
If God thought being gay was wrong, He wouldn't have made 2%-3% of the population gay.... what about that do you not understand?
As for my comments, I still stand behind what I said. Your opinion and my opinion are obviously at odds. However, you seem to have such an inflated ego that you are willing to tell someone else that their opinion is wrong while your opinion is right. That is the problem with the gay agenda. They have no way of saying their cause is "right/correct". They can argue that they have a LEGAL right to state their opinion. So do I. However, they cannot say their opinion is any more "right" than mine. If all we need to do to determine if something is "right" is to vote on it, then we've changed the meaning of "right" to mean "popular" or "what the crowd likes to do" and the word "right" loses it's meaning. So don't pretend that you can tell me Ms. California's opinion was wrong. It was opposite of yours. That is all you can say.
Pete in Texas
I guess they are right, everyting IS bigger in Texas, including the ignorance!
"That is the problem with the gay agenda. They have no way of saying their cause is "right/correct"."
The "opinion" of gays and lesbians is simply this: As citizens of the United States of America, they should enjoy equal protection under the laws. They should not be discriminated against on the basis of their private preferences (whether sexual, religious, or political) that have nothing to do with taxes, benefits, and all the other privileges heterosexuals enjoy through the rite of marriage.
That moral stand is unassailable. It is not a mere opinion. It is the fundamental principle upon which this nation was founded and upon which hundreds of nations have now built their forms of democracy.
That is not a "legal" position, nor a "religious" position. It is a MORAL position and one against which you fight in vain because all you can foist against it are religious bigotry and personal OPINION (called "faith").
I hope someday Texans such as yourself and GWBush grow something big besides EGO and BIG-OTRY!
Anonymous 10:38 is a great example of the hypocrisy.
I'll get to each of you as quick as I can-
Re: realitycheck-
So you're ready to equate the condition a person is born with to whether or not God believes it's right? Using that arguement; explain cancer, leukemia, SMA. Not a very solid response.
Re: Big Texan,
You're assuming that there should be "rights" afforded any individuals that are of a like-mind. I've said this before and I'll say it again. I don't have an issue with gay's having civil unions. I don't agree with homosexual lifestyles since they are perverse (look it up in Websters) nor do I agree with the fact that they can adopt children and bring them into their perverse lifestyles leading them to think it's normal. If they want to get joined as partners for the rest of their lives, I don't care. I DO care when they try to portray it as normal and right.
I don't hate gays.... just their ideas of "entitlement" for perverse behavior.
Pete in Texas
so while you may be stuck in the old days where everyone was the same and gays hid in the closet, I guess 2%-3% of the population has had enough of the hiding, and would like to be treated just like every one else. And if you can't understand that, then you are not really thinking with your brain, you are thinking with your bible.
I just hope none of your kids or grandkids are gay, because you will make them feel like dirt their entire lives, just to feed your need that everyone be just like you. how sad.
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