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And no, I’m not talking about Lindsay Lohan. Although, if written candidly enough, it could be a plethora of entertainment.
Much to your possible disappointment, the book deal is between Regnery Publishing and former Miss California, Carrie Prejean. Prejean, to brush up on your pop-culture history, is the Miss USA princess who opposed same-sex union in the scary face of judge Perez Hilton and stirred up much controversy with her skewed, biblically-based notions of marriage.
The book is set to release in November of 2009 and will be titled “Still Standing.”
Why, “Still Standing”, you ask?
According to the publishing house’s press release regarding the book:
“Prejean attracted national attention when she answered a question at the Miss USA Pageant defending traditional marriage … Now she will tell her side of the story, answering such questions as what happened behind the scenes at the pageant, why she answered the Perez Hilton question as she did, what really led to her losing the Miss California crown, and how she has been forced to battle the left’s double-standard on free speech.”
What happened behind the scenes of the pageant? Oh, your typical beauty pageant regimens, I’m sure. A bit of bulimia, some pepper spray-coated attire, some tears and tantrums, possibly? Yes? It’s clear that she answered her question posed by Hilton out of bigoted honesty. That much is self-evident, at any rate.
As for what “really” led to her losing the crown, I don’t think it’s too hard to really comprehend, let alone release a book to explain the why’s and how’s of the dethronement.
No one wants a bigoted and spiteful woman as Miss USA or even as a lowly Miss California. It’s simple logic. End of explanation. That, and I just saved you $9.95 or something.
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My biggest problem with her wasn’t that she was against gay marriage, but that she said “opposite marriage”. No one wants a dumbass as Miss USA or Miss California.
What’s next?!
… UPSIDE-DOWN MARRIAGE?!?!
Think of the children!
What could this malignant tumor have to write about in a memoir at twenty-something?
“Today, I got my boob job. At first I was worried that some faggot or dyke was gonna be in the operating room and those gays — being naturally uber-jealous people — would sabotage my boob job. Once I was assured that none of those abominable snowmen would be in my operating room I was fine.”
“Ow, my boobs hurt. I woke up to find my tits a whole new size! I feel like that beaner Jasmine in Aladdin riding around on that magic carpet with that poor Muslin boy. I wouldn’t touch him like she did, ew!”
“Today I had my meeting with Donald Tramp, and after giving him a vigorous hand job was allowed to keep my crown. All I have to do is service his crown every other week.”
Cripes you people are catty.
I’d also remind you that over half of California’s voters agreed with her stance on marriage, making her a majority representative.
So true! I’m not at all against gay marriage; I’m not gay so it doesn’t affect me so frankly it doesn’t bother me if it’s legal or not, but it really pisses me off how people how someone can be so hated for stating their opinion. We’re ALL about having an opinion and speaking our minds, but the second someone opens their mouth who doesn’t have the same opinion as we do ( or in this case, like most, the opinion of someone with Democratic beliefs) they get called “bigoted and spiteful” and their opinions “skewed”. Am I the only one a little confused about this? How we can talk about freedom of speech and such but talk trash about someone who doesn’t share our opinion on something is pretty incredulous to me.
Way to tell it like it is.
I have a group of friends who are significantly more liberal-minded than I am, and I was having a conversation with them once and they were saying how everyone can believe whatever they want and nobody should give someone a hard time about their opinions. Well, you can imagine the hard time I got when I mentioned that I’m firmly anti-abortion. Suddenly I was wrong, and my opinions and beliefs were made invalid, even though they had just been preaching that nobody’s beliefs could be counted out.
Exactly my point! I’m all about the pro-life cause, and the second I present my opinion on this issue, I have to defend my beliefs from people who pride themselves on being “open-minded”.
When I say I’m respecting the person, I mean I’m not bashing their beliefs, or calling them derogatory names or criticizing them for believing what they do. No matter how ridiculous one’s beliefs may be, a person is still a person and I don’t feel it’s my place to bash someone for simply having an opinion. I’ve heard people say some insane things, but I’m not going to waste my time debating them or telling them what they believe is wrong, because what someone believes is whats right to them and you can’t change that.
You can change people’s minds. If I hear somebody say something racist, I call them on it. In real life or the internet. Same as when I hear gay bashing.
Because I believe in equal rights. And not in some vague, people are all just people, kind of way.
All people were created equal. They don’t stay that way. Saying stupid shit is legal, but that does not make you immune to criticism if the stupid shit you say is offensive.
It kinda sounds like you were born without the ability to be offended.
You should absolutely be free to have an opinion, and I should be absolutely free to disagree with yours. The problem is not the opinion or even the people who hold them. It’s when the people who hold opinions restrict the rights of everyone else.
I’m pro-choice, but I can respect your pro-life ideals. That doesn’t mean you (plural) should be able to dictate what women can and cannot do.
Same with gay marriage. Ex Miss Cali has an opinion, and she should be able to express that opinion… especially when she is asked about it. But if two committed, loving fags want to get hitched, how does that affect her? (besides her delicate moral sensibilities…) If she wants to publish a book, I say go for it. I just won’t be supporting it, and liberals most likely won’t either.
I think your terminology is a little offensive, but I agree with what you’re saying, so hey…
There’s no tolerating intolerance. That would be like thanking someone for slapping you repeatedly.
So you’re okay with racism because it’s someone’s opinion and we should respect it? Same with misogyny…it’s fine with you if people were to vote to remove the right of women to vote?
I’d call it respecting the PERSON, not necessarily their beliefs. Just because I’m not in someone’s face bashing their beliefs or attacking their opinions doesn’t mean I’m “okay” with what they believe or respect it.
If you respect a person regardless of how revolting their beliefs are, you are, in essence supporting, their beliefs.
Do you respect all people regardless of what they say?
Calling her an airhead on the internet doesn’t really amount to being in her face and bashing her. I haven’t heard of anyone assaulting her, so…I’m not sure what you’re trying to say with that, other than justifying being indifferent.
Tolerance doesn’t mean acceptance.
Having an opinion and speaking your mind is one thing. It’s an altogether different matter to force somebody to live their lives according to your belief system.
But, you’re not gay, so it’s not your problem, right?
Right, it isn’t my problem because it doesn’t affect me so what I say and do about the issue won’t do much. Though her opinion may sound insane to us, who are okay with gays having the right to marry, it may not sound all too crazy to someone who grew up with that mindset and agree with that “belief system”. It’s starting to sound like the second her opinion came out of her mouth, gays would cease to have that right and never have the chance to regain it, EVER. Just because that’s her opinion doesn’t mean suddenly a gay person couldn’t marry.
*shakes head*
When you see an injustice, like certain people not being able to marry because it goes against other people’s religion, it should concern you.
It should concern the population at large that the separation of church and state is not broadly applied and that people’s freedoms are being infringed upon because of it.
She wasn’t asked if she thought gay people should be married, she was asked if she thought they should be ABLE to be married. That’s an entirely different matter.
You can hold the opinion that homosexuality is a sin while supporting equal rights.
Equal rights are everybody’s concern. Do you think women voted to let themselves vote? No, it was men who did that. Men who didn’t shrug the issue off as “not being their problem.”
All I was saying was a) People on this site can be incredibly bitchy and judgemental considering the aim of the site, including whoever wrote this article and b) Carrie Prejean’s opinion is shared by over half of California voters so I think quite a few people would be quite fine with her being Ms California
Her opinion is stupid and she’s stupid for having it. Freedom of Speech protects assholes and morons–she’s a moron, everyone screaming for her blood is an asshole, and they’ve both sadly got a right to speak.
So I’m an asshole for saying she’s a dumb bitch and you aren’t for saying the same thing?
Are you screaming for her blood, like I specifically said? If not, I think you might be in the moron category.
You fit nicely into the asshole category, I see.
I keep seeing people refer to the “face bashing” and “screaming for blood” but don’t see the referenced activities. So, those turns of phrase have lost impact in this context for me.
She can write?
While I think she’s a moron of epic proportions, and didn’t know she was clever enough to write something as complex as a book,* she has a point. Freedom of speech does tend to get thrown around by the left half, but if the right half uses it, it’s condemned much more often. Though I have to say, the right uses ‘freedom of speech, therefore, you can’t argue with me’ more often. It’s a two way street.
*She’s almost definitely NOT writing this book, by the way. A LOT of minor celebrities in fashion and the like put out memoirs and self-help books, but don’t actually write them. Ghost writing is a pretty lucrative business.
I hear the excuse of freedom of speech as if her opinion was valid or something. Seriously, if she had said she didn’t believe black and white people should be able to get married she wouldn’t be defended even this much.
I’m not defending her. I’m saying that she does, unfortunately, have the right to say whatever she damn pleases, and if we deny her this right, we may as well all just move to communist China. Our country has a constitution, and as long as her words aren’t inciting a stampede, she HAS to be able to say them, or else all that ‘war with England’ business was for naught. if we say that SHE can’t say things, it’s only a few baby steps until we decide all kinds of people can’t say even LESS offensive things.
Anyway, she’s a beauty queen, not a senator. Who gives a damn what she says or thinks? The people who might be influenced by her are probably not the cleverest, most influential people in the world anyway. Honestly, how many people who take her seriously are old enough to vote, let alone would actually spend time reading up on propositions and driving all the way to polling stations?
Nobody said she shouldn’t be allowed to say what she wanted.
(Unlike her statement that gay people shouldn’t be allowed to marry, I might add.)
We’re just calling her a dumb bitch for her opinion. And we have every right to say it.
You do. I wasn’t saying anything about what you as commenters said. I was saying she DOES have a point when she says she has a freedom of speech, and it’s not being respected as much as the same freedom as applied to someone who has the opposite opinion. I do think she’s a dumb bitch as well, but once again, why should we give a damn? She’s not even a real celebrity, let alone anyone important.
The reason why it’s different is b/c the issue isn’t neutral where both sides can have a fair and equal opinion. This is a dire issue because people’s rights are being taken away. Healthcare or the economy can be a red v blue issue (should we pass the stimulus package?…both sides can make good points); gay rights along with slavery and race discrimination cannot b/c it treats certain people like 2nd class citizens.
Having a liberal opinion does not take away rights from conservatives. Having a conservative opinion does take away right from liberals and that’s where the difference lies.
I didn’t mean to imply you were, I was just responding to what seems to be the general idea that what she said wasn’t incredibly offensive and wrong because it’s her precious religious belief.
Ok. That makes sense.
Replied in the wrong spot. That was supposed to be in response to what Syd said to me.
God forbid a vapid airhead have a different opinion than the rest of the gaggle of vapid airheads. Stone her now before she infects us all!
This is why when I’m a beauty queen I’m only going to talk about pandas, and every question anyone asks me I will find a way to refer back to pandas.
Hey d’ya hear about those gay pandas in China…? lol
aw, we’re still talking about her? lame. let her write a book. i don’t care.
some of us are never going to agree on this issue. I’m sick of making fun of her. It’s too easy and boring. It’s people like us getting all up-in-arms about some beauty pageant answer that is only leading to her fame. I know gay marriage is a huge issue for a lot of people (it is for me), but seriously. let’s get over this girl. who the fuck cares? It’s entertaining when people that you disagree with do stupid things, but …. god, this ship has just sailed for me.
Just remind me in ten years after her first divorce, so I can roll my eyes a little bit. Anything else…. bahhhh
No matter what I think of what she said or of her personally, it sounds like a boring book. The word “like,” would probably be the most common word in there.