Carrie Prejean

“I think it’s great that Americans are able to choose one or the other,” Prejean responded. “But in my country, and in my family, I think that I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised.”

Two sentences have rocked the world. Two poorly constructed sentences that made a feeble attempt at political correctness have rocked the world. The punctuation makes it look like three sentences, but I think if you sit down and analyze the quote, it is only two sentences.

There are so many ways I could go with this. Political correctness gone awry; Perez Hilton gone awry; the Miss USA contest gone awry.

But instead I will deal with only one subject: should Carrie Prejean have lost the Miss USA contest because of her answer?

My feeling is yes and no.

She should not have lost the contest because of what she meant to say. She was asked a difficult question. She gave an honest answer. Bravo, Carrie. But reread the first sentence of the quote.

“I think it’s great that Americans are able to choose one or the other,” Prejean responded.

Sorry, Carrie… wrong. The vast majority of Americans, other than bisexuals in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Iowa and soon Vermont, don’t have the choice between gay or straight marriage.

I didn’t watch the contest, I’ve heard no other contestant's question or answer. But assuming someone made a coherent, intelligent response to their question, Carrie lost fair and square.

Now let’s forget Perez and the other gossip monger (like all the major news networks) and move on with our lives.