Mr. Martin's commentary on the issue over at CNN (surprise, surprise!) sums it up nicely:
It seems that Hilton, who is gay, was none too pleased that Prejean chose to actually give her personal opinion on the issue, and ripped her on his blog after the show, using crude obscenities as he continued to attack her at every turn on his media blitz.Commentary: Miss California, thanks for being honest
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But her remark isn't outside the mainstream. A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll shows that 55 percent of Americans are against same-sex marriage, and Proposition 8 did pass in her state 52-48 percent. What's interesting about this is that many of the same folks who are slamming her for her remark voted for President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, who both have the same belief: that marriage should be between a man and a woman. Even Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made it clear that she has the same view, and it was her husband, President Bill Clinton, who signed the In Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law that forbids states from having to recognize gay marriage in other states. In other words, four of the biggest liberals in the country have the same belief as Prejean, but a beauty pageant winner is being torn to shreds. Hello, hypocrisy!
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Yeah, Jen told me about this, she watched the pageant- I hate that I missed it.
Yes indeed, and Mr Martin ends his hypocritical diatribe with this little gem:
"The day we condemn folks for speaking honestly is the day we become a bland society."
Well, I'm sure that many people honestly believed and openly stated at one time, that "Negroes", (I'm just making a point here), should sit at the back of the bus.
I'm guessing that Mr Martin has no problem with someone openly expressing that opinion either, right?
The problem is, (in case you don't get my point) is that Miss Califorinia is publicly expressing an opinion that is discriminatory and should *NOT* be tolerated.
Christianity seems rife with hypocrisy.
In case anyone is wondering I'm a heterosexual male and my only agenda is to make people aware of their own biases. What we need is more tolerance and less hate!
Any people who lower the value of another based on some perceived characteristic of inferiority are not following Biblical principles which tell us that all are made in the image of God and therefor deserve to be treated with honor.
The issue at hand regarding the Miss USA pageant revolves around the hypocrisy of the gay agenda. All the world is supposed to just go along with their "opinion" that homosexual unions are to be given the same status as heterosexual unions. But don't you dare disagree or you are automatically categorized as a hateful, bigotted homophobe. That is hypocrisy. They want their views given respect but no one else's.
What about Miss CA's opinion is discriminatory? I think that would fall under your opinion but you expressing it does not automatically make it true. It seems that Californians voted on the issue and the majority decided to not accept same-sex marriage. And it's not that a majority means it's right, but even the common man understands the bedrock of society rests with families and their ability to procreate, grow up and repeat the cycle.
As far as Christianity and hypocrisy, I dare you to find some people group or religion anywhere in the world that does not exhibit hypocrisy. I'll save you some time and effort by saying that you won't. To make a blanket statement like you did is indicative of an ad hominen attack and makes no point at all (except about your own lack of understanding and use of illogical arguments).
And if your job is to help point out people's biases to them, I think you had better start with your own. Somehow you are right (and probably those that happen to agree with you) but everyone else is wrong? Like hypocrisy, no one ever born is without bias (and usually a lot of them).
Regarding hate and tolerance you couldn't be more wrong. First, point out to me where it has been said anywhere in these arguments where anyone has said that we need to hate homosexuals? Again, I'll save you some time and tell you that it hasn't happened. This is another "argument" you've just thrown out there without any basis in fact in an effort to appeal to a peopl's emotions. As for tolerance, why don't you seem to tolerate a dissimilar viewpoint?
And what's next. When a group of pedophiles wants to lower the age of sexual consent to 10 years or age (or whatever), are you going to fight for them as well? Are we to be tolerant of those who would wish to do sexual harm to your children or someone else's? Remember, you have to be tolerant. Denying someone any wish of theirs will be considered "hate" you know?
The arguments that you use are like many others and they do not work with anyone who has even an inkling of what basic logic is. You don't just conjure up some magical guidelines of "tolerance" and then expect a society to work properly and orderly. You have to have some basis of morality that states what is right and wrong for all times and for all people.
We, and those like me, believe that basis of morality comes from the Bible; the inspired, inerrant, infallible word of God Himself.
We don't rely on some fuzzy notion of what is right and wrong. We don't base it on emotions or some guidelines set down by men whose views change over time (and usually for the worse). What God has said is wrong, is wrong. And God says a man shall not lay with a man the way he lays with a woman. That's not our opinion. It's not something we dreamed up. It's not something we put to a vote for a majority to rule on. We look to God's word which we have had for thousands of years and do our best to live according to it.
And it does not change just because some 1-2% minority in the US says they disagree. I'm sorry, but that's just they way it is, like it or not. That's God's "opinion", not mine.
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