Hilton, Miss California take sides on 'Today'

Hilton, Miss California take sides on 'Today'
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Miss California says she stands by her anti-gay-marriage comments, even if they may have cost her the Miss USA crown.

Carrie Prejean defended her views Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show, telling host Matt Lauer that she spoke from the heart during Sunday's pageant when she said that "marriage should be between a man and a woman."

The beauty queen's response to a question from openly gay pageant judge and celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has received more attention than the winner, Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton.

Hilton, who also appeared on the "Today" show, said his question was relevant and that Prejean should have "left her politics and her religion out because Miss USA represents all Americans."

Published 4/21/09 by


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  • Your Beauty Is The GOD's Gift To You,Not...
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    Redwan_666 6/15/09 Reply
  • Too bad somebody didn't ask the so called Miss America what she thought about inter racial marriage. If she had said that her church and her individual beliefs were against it . . . well can you imagine the uprising THAT would have brought. People,...
    DaveInRichland 5/19/09 Reply
  • shes a wit
    Anonymous 5/17/09 Reply
  • What agreat answer Carrie, you will be remembered for a long time girl. Can anyone name Miss USA 2005, I didn't think so, go Google it to find the answer. Miss Prejean will be around for a long time for speaking her mind. Thank god for people like...
    Anonymous 5/5/09 Reply
  • i have how people call this a "scandel" or "controversy." it's not. it's just an opinion and her views. there's no scandel at all. all it is is that all the stars and media support gay marriage and stuff so if it's a different opinion, there's...
    LAUR3Nlx0 5/4/09 Reply
  • I am from California and am so glad she lost. She does have the right to speak her own thoughts but she is Ms California and needs to keep her religious beliefs out of it. Whatever happened to live and let live? Equality for all is what this Country...
    SanFranJoe 4/29/09 Reply
  • yaH aT leaSt sHe was hoNest in aNswering tHe questioN.. weLl noOO haRd feelings tO tHe 3rD seXes oUt tHeir..
    KceeC 4/28/09 Reply
  • It's about time that someone stands up for righteousness, especially in these last times when "iniquity shall abound"-Matthew 24 quoted by Jesus Christ. When you take a stand for righteousness, you will be persecuted (2Timothy3:12). keep on standing...
    Guitarfish8 4/26/09 Reply
  • she's funny looking... and tomorrow no one will remember who she is.
    Anonymous 4/25/09 Reply
  • Hilton is a such a dork, I mean really--why did he ask the question--was he hoping she would lie? Does he not know no matter how she answered she would have offended someone--he asked her opinion and because it was opposite of his he no longer wants...
    Anonymous 4/25/09 Reply
  • BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FERDOM TO BELEAVE IN OUR VALUES WE GREW UP WITH... WE SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHED FOR THAT. NOT EVERONE AGREES WITH CHOICES PEOPLE MAKE BUT THAT IS THEIR CHOICE TO MAKE, EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE. IF WE ALL HAD TO THINK THE SAME, LOOK THE...
    Anonymous 4/25/09 Reply
  • There's an old saying that says, "if you don't want the truth don't ask the question"! Ms. Prejean, you said that you spoke from the heart?, as well you should have! King Bo says, "the words that escape from our mouths should originate from our...
    Anonymous 4/25/09 Reply
  • ya'll need to get off her!!! she did awesome in stating what she believes! I admire her for it! I don't like that ppl who believe in gays and lesbians get to say that its right and those of us who believe its wrong can't say a dang thing because its...
    KnicholeT 4/24/09 Reply
  • She has a right to her own opinion!! Everyone in the United States has a right to their own opinion! If they didn't want her opinion, then they shouldn't have asked her the question!!
    twitrattleroll 4/24/09 Reply
  • Being gay is a moral wrong and not a civil right. When did a sexual CHOICE become something that should be given rights to? If you are gay, you are still human who deserve the same rights as your neighbor, family member, co-worker, etc. You are not...
    Anonymous 4/24/09 Reply
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