Carrie Prejean is my hero

So before I get into my travelogue that I made of my day at work, I just wanted to make a quick comment about my opinion on what Carrie Prejean (Miss California) said yeserday during the Miss America Pageant.

Prejean was asked by one of the judges if she thought that gay marriage should be legalized in all 50 states. Miss California then responded politely that in no way did she mean to offend anybody, but that she felt that a marriage was between a man and a woman. Now it turns out that the judge who had asked her this question happened to be a gay man, and decided to vote against the contestant. Unfortunately for Ms. Pajean, she came in second place as a result of it. And not only that, after the show that same judge who asked her the question went on air in a curiously-brazen outburst and exclaimed, "She did not win the pageant because of what she said, but because she is a dumb (female dog)."

I think both sides of the argument can respect the courage shown by this girl. She could have easily answered the question differently, thus appeasing the judges and consequently won the pageant. But instead, she stood firm in her conviction and told the world her true beliefs on the subject, despite the inevitable impact that it had on the results. It is unfortunate that politics has to get involved in these sort of events, and hopefully the world can see the negative influence taking place and do something to correct it.