The Isle of Perspicuity

So Perez Hilton asked Miss California what she thought about same-sex marriage, and the gay community (including, apparently, the Miss America Pageant Board of Directors) is all upset over her answer. While I don’t personally agree with her answer, I agree with her right to believe what she believes, and I respect her for being honest. She could have easily lied and – probably – won the title of Miss America, but she told the truth, even if it did cost her the title.
I am of the belief that we can’t really address this issue unless we talk about it. The facts are that we are almost split on this issue. Prop 8 passed by an extremely narrow margin, 5% to be exact, and the truth is that the percentage of people who support same-sex marriage has steadily increased over time. There is no reason to believe this trend won’t continue. Young people 18-29 years old represent the fastest growing portion of the voting population, and statistics show that 68% of them support same-sex marriage.

The truth is, you can believe what you want, and be brave enough to say it out loud, but that doesn’t mean your opinion is any more or less important than the rest of us. You can believe that niggers and faggots are sub-human, and therefore don’t deserve the same rights as the rest of us, but that doesn’t make it so. History has shown that, over time, human rights take precedence over human bigotry in America, and that’s how it should be. Let people like Miss America, Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly spout off at the mouth; it lets the rest of us know what we’re up against and helps us to better prepare our own arguments on the subject.

And really, when it comes down to it, who cares what Miss Anyone thinks about anything?