Carrie Prejean: Fallen angel?
What the Carrie Prejean sex tapes have done to the anti-gay-marriage beauty queen's relationship with the religious right
Carrie Prejean: Has she lost her conservative value?
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The National Organization for Marriage has apparently distanced itself from former beauty queen and gay-marriage opponent Carrie Prejean, who recently confessed to sending solo sex tapes to a one-time boyfriend. The gossip site TMZ also recently reported that Prejean had been dropped from an "ultra-conservative" event in New Jersey. Have the Carrie Prejean sex tapes ruined her as a conservative icon? (Watch Carrie Prejean threaten to storm off the set of Larry King Live!)
The Christian right should dump Prejean: Carrie Prejean claimed she was a naive 17-year-old when she made her sex tape, says Calvin Lowery in Mom Logic. If she really was under 18—her ex-boyfriend says she was 20—she's a child pornographer, and she wouldn't be the first teen prosecuted for sexting. But liar or "sex offender," she's a worse poster child for family values than two gay men who want to commit to each other for life.
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People attacking Prejean are the "ugly" ones: What a "sad and ugly" episode of character assassination, says National Organization for Marriage president Maggie Gallagher in LifeSiteNews.com, by gay-marriage advocates gleefully using the Carrie Prejean sex tapes to discredit her beliefs. Prejean's not perfect—who is?— but "no-one should face this kind of invasion of their privacy simply because they believe marriage is the union of husband and wife. Period."
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Prejean's conservative defenders are the hypocrites: "Making a sex tape is never acceptable," period, says Meghan McCain in The Daily Beast, But yes, let's cut Carrie Prejean some slack—she's only 22, and a beauty queen, "not a politician." The ones who should be ashamed here are those Republicans who believe that "as long as you are against gay marriage, any scandal in your life can be overlooked." Such hypocrisy makes me sick.
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Posted by OneOfTheWatchers, Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 10:42 am One has to be wary of the sin of pride, especially when it is mired is pompous selfrighteousness.All I can say is that I don't relish anyone falling. However, one can see that when pride is involved, how far, and how hard, one will fall.Oh well, maybe the next person will think twice before they presume to know the mind of Almighty God, lest their sins be exposed.She was indeed a puppet for the Religious Right.
Posted by Bill O'Reilly, Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 11:24 am I'd still hit that.
Posted by Aaron, Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 12:10 pm Fallen angel? Come on. All the flap about her stems from the fact that she dared voice her opinion that homosexual marriage is wrong. Does this make her conservative? The Pink Mafia is responsible for the rest of this ongoing persecution. I guess this is how they want to 'even the books.'
Posted by JB, Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 2:27 pm Nah, not ruined at all. She fits right in.
Posted by Pflagler, Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 3:01 pm Aaron,If that were true the Pink Mafia classy would certainly have it's work cut out. If they were determined to launch a campaign of persecution against every public figure who opposes samesex marriage than Carrie Prejean would be a footnote. The opinion she voiced certainly garnered harsh reactions from people, all of whom are equally entitled to their opinion. The persecution you refer to began in earnest when we saw the gaping chasm between the virtuous Carrie she describes in her book and the homemade porn Carrie we've come to know.
Posted by Kat, Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 3:06 pm Um, making a sex tape that gets out to the world and ruins your undeserved reputation and selfrighteousness as a supposed voice of the religious masses is a product of the gay agenda? Being brainwashed to show what a pompous, twofaced snot you are in various media outlets? Darn, those pink mafia members are GOOD! With such talent and resources, we better watch out, they just might take over the world! This tape scandal has nothing to do with her beliefs, just her hypocrisy. Remember Sunday School? Pride goeth before the fall!
Posted by Kat, Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 3:07 pm God Bless America, where even the brainless have a voice!
Posted by dave, Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 3:18 pm Do I agree that the sex tape business was wrong? Yes. Does that mean her stance against gay marriage is bogus? Not in the least. Separate issues. If a shoplifter opposes insider trading does that mean insider trading should be permissible because a convicted shoplifter opposed it? Bad logic. She may not be the ideal person to speak out against gay marriage, but to invalidate her views based upon imperfections in her personal history is illogical, unfair and petty.
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