Miss America a victim of prejudice

As you have heard Miss California was recently denied (or chances drastically reduced) the Miss America crown due to her answer about gay marriages. She followed her conscience and stated that she believed that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. One of the judges Perez Hilton who is openly gay and asked the question, didn't like her answer so he scored her low enough that she didn't win.
What are we doing to freedom of speech and expression when we are criticized or punished for saying the way we feel? Maybe it should be clarified that we can THINK what we want but just don't say it out loud. What are we saying to our children who we want to grow up being strong in their beliefs, convictions and stand up for what they believe in. You can do that BUT just don't say anything publicly or it may cost you a job, promotion or something else.

Would Miss California been better off pandering to the judges and giving them a b.s. answer. There is to much of that going around the country these days especially by our politicians. They cannot commit to anything or any one side because it may lose them votes. So they play this b.s. game where they try to make everyone happy, talking out the side of their mouths and won't stand up for what they believe in. Some of them tend to be spineless, self serving, greedy and its all on the backs of the citizens of this country.

Got news! They want to play middle of the road? There is one person that doesn't care about separation of church and state, about being politically correct, about gay marriages. This country was founded on his word and its our failure to take a stand and follow his word that is taking this country down. We fool ourselves by talking about separation of church and state, that's something that atheist's and non-believers bring up to get their agendas across. "In God we Trust" is spread out all over this country, we pray before many events we attend, we pray for guidance, we pray when we are in trouble, we pray during disasters, we basically pray when there is something bad going on. It seems their is no separation of church and state when trouble strikes. (NOTE: Governor Richardson when deciding the repeal of the death penalty stated that he "fervently prayed" about the issue.)

Its funny, but when things are rolling along real good for everyone we tell God "we got this" and beat the "separation of church and state" drum, but when we get into trouble, who do we go running to. Sound familiar? Do you remember being about 17 or 18 and being on top of the world, knew it all and ready to go out and grab it by the horns? Then when something went wrong or we turned up a little short on cash, who did we turn to? Was it father or mother ?

I applaud Miss California and congratulate Miss North Carolina. And some evening when you are out on your porch just enjoying the weather and the beautiful sunset say a little prayer, just thank God that things are good and maybe tell him "we do need you".

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Welcome to my blog. My intention is to enlighten the citizens of my state, the citizens of my country and peoples of the world on issues that I feel strongly about. Maybe through dialogue on this site we may be able to make changes in our world. Change will need to come from "We The People". Our current political system is failing us. How prophetic in this day are the words from the Merle Haggard song that we need to, "Stop rolling downhill like a snowball headed for Hell".