Carrie Preteen: 'God Was Testing My Faith' with Gay Marriage Question

Miss California Carrie Preteen talked to FOX News about the question that cost her the Miss USA crown.

Said Preteen: "I have no regrets about answering [judge Perez Hilton] honestly. He asked me for my opinion and I gave it to him. I have nothing against gay people and I didn't mean to offend anyone in my answer...This happened for a reason. By having to answer that question in front of a national audience, God was testing my character and faith. I'm glad I stayed true to myself...Out of all the topics I studied up on, I dreaded that one, I prayed I would not be asked about gay marriage. If I had any other question, I know I would have won."

Miss California, is such a delite to hear you speak. Now lets take a look at another interview she was in, oh lord this is just the type of person who need to represent millions of little girls out their; lets take a look:

Rex: And, I guess, last question: What would be so wrong with two women who love each other getting married?
Carrie: What would be so wrong with two women that love each other?
Rex: What would be so wrong with that? Yeah.
Carrie: What don't you see wrong with that?
Rex: I don't see anything wrong with it.
Carrie: Why?
Rex: Uh, why don't -- oh, this is fun -- why don't I see anything wrong with it? Uh, because they're in love with each other, and they want to spend their lives together, and marriage is kind of the way that our society recognizes that two people love each other and want to spend their lives together and make commitment and be financially intertwined and be faithful and, you know, permanent. So, why should that be something that gay people can't do? There's gay people all around us all the time.
Carrie: Exactly, and this is nothing against gay people. I have a lot of friends that are gay. This is not a verbal attack on gay people. It's just a matter of opinion, and the way that I was raised, the way that I was brought up, that was not an option. I knew I was going to marry a man growing up. And so, for me, it's a biblical thing, it's something that I was raised believing, um, that a marriage, you know, is between a man and a woman. Barack Obama even supports that. The majority of the people in our nation support that. The secretary of state supports that. So, I don't see anything wrong with it.

Ok was it just me or did this chick completely miss the point....Carrie word of advice: the only faith you should have is the one that you don't get your ass knocked the fudge out by a group of gay guys gurl!!! because Barack, The Nation, and The secretary of state ain't gonna be there when your gettin' your ass kicked...i suggest you start praying now Carrie.

U.S. Military Men come out the closet!!!!

A group of U.S. Military Academy graduates came out of the closet Monday in a bid to overturn the ban on gays in the military and help West Point create an environment of tolerance and acceptance as they educate future officers, reports the Military Times. The 38-member "Knights Out" contacted the military academy's administration seeking to provide an "open forum" for gay troops and Army leaders, the paper reports. The Pentagon's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was instituted after President Bill Clinton tried to lift the ban on gay service members in 1993. It refers to the military practice of not asking recruits their sexual orientation. In turn, service members are banned from saying they are gay or bisexual, engaging in homosexual activity or trying to marry a member of the same sex. Since it was implemented, 12,500 soldiers have been discharged, according to the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, which has actively lobbied for the law's repeal, reports the paper. 1st Lt. Dan Choi, a National Guardsman and Knights Out member knows the group's public announcement may result in disciplinary action. “If that’s the repercussion, I’m ready to take it,” he told the paper. “I think it’s more important that I let everybody know that … it is a wrong policy.” The Army fired 11 soldiers in January for violating "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," according to Rep. Jim Moran. Moran, D-Va., said he has requested monthly updates from the Pentagon on the impact of the policy until it is repealed. In a statement released last week, Moran said the discharged soldiers included an intelligence collector, a military police officer, four infantry personnel, a health care specialist, a motor-transport operator and a water-treatment specialist. image source flickr

Anti-gay attacks spark emotions on Capitol Hill!!!!

A string of attacks against gay people in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood over the past two months has fueled a bubbling stew of emotions in the community.
Now residents are demonstrating their strong sense of concern at a Saturday night march and rally against the targeted violence.
The latest attack came a week ago near 13th Avenue and Columbia Street, about a block from the Seattle University campus.
Forty-one-year-old Jerry Knight was on his way home when two men confronted him. And now he says the horror of that weekend might always haunt him.
"I remember being hit hard, where I fell and my hands were bruised falling directly on the ground," he said Saturday in an interview.
He acknowledges it could have been worse.
"I am grateful," he says. "I am grateful I did not wake up in the hospital. I am grateful I am not in a coffin. I know that, and honor that."
He says he was attacked by two men as he walked home alone in the early morning hours. The assault was first reported online by The Stranger newspaper.
Knight says he had come from a party, and was wearing a sailor's outfit. That could have made him a target.
He says he doesn't specifically remember what happened leading up the assault - but he does remember the expletives and anti-gay slurs being yelled at him.
"As of now, there's feelings of shame, of guilt," he says. "What could I have done to not put myself in that position? Did I encourage this? And was I strong enough?"
After he stumbled back to his apartment that night, Knight did something to remind himself to be angry later on.
"I took a photo of myself before I washed myself up, because I knew that this will anger me," he says.
Even in a relatively gay-friendly city such as Seattle, Knight wonders if gay men and women should ever let their guard down.
"I live in a bubble. I forget that around the world ... this happens to people for a multitude of reasons. It was a surprise, absolutely."
So many emotions after one violent moment - that's why the Saturday rally is so important to him.
"Violence against anyone - gay, whatever it may be - we need to come together and stand up and say we're not going to tolerate this," Knight says.
Police don't have much to go on, since there's no description of the suspects.
But Knight, who tries to find strength in the wake of something so terrifying, says karma will eventually find his two attackers.
"I don't understand homophobia - I don't. I'm puzzled over what is their mindset, and hopefully they realize that this is not OK."
The rally starts at 8 p.m. at Pike Street and Boren Avenue. Image source flickr

Kanye West...GLAD TO BE GAY!!!

Once more the graceness of Baron Kanye West, who informs Details magazine that he has generously decided to rehabilitate the word gay.
"I like to embody titles, y'know, or words that have negative connotations, and explain why that's good," declares Kanye. "Take the word gay - like, in hip-hop, that's a negative thing, right? But in the past two, three years, all the gay people I've encountered have been, like, really, really, extremely dope. Y'know, I haven't, like, gone to a gay bar, nor do I ever plan to. But where I would talk to a gay person - the conversation would be mostly around, like, art or design - it'd be really dope. From a design standpoint, kids'll say, 'Dude, those pants are gay.' But if it's, like, good, good, good fashion-level, design-level stuff - where it's on a higher level than the average commercial design stuff - it's gay people that do that. I think that should be said as a compliment. Like, 'Dude, that's so good it's almost ... GAY.'"
Thanking you, Kanye. Remarkably, this would appear to be only the first time that the hip-hop auteur has found common ground with Daily Telegraph bigwigs, who, of course have been trying to restore the word to its original meaning for years. Do you ever see the Telegraph? It's the 21st century newspaper where "gay" is banned by associate editor Simon Heffer's style guide (you have to write "homosexual"), but whose website cheerfully reprinted a Perez Hilton rumour that Michelle Obama was pregnant the other week. I do adore it. It takes a real man to admit that he is gay!!

Lesbian files a law suit after a hospital denies her visitation rights!!!

A gay woman not allowed to visit her dying partner at Jackson Memorial Hospital in 2007 hopes a federal judge will allow her claims of emotional distress and negligence to go to trial. As her partner of 17 years slipped into a coma, Janice Langbehn pleaded with doctors and anyone who would listen to let her into the woman's hospital room.
Eight anguishing hours passed before Langbehn would be allowed into Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center. By then, she could only say her final farewell as a priest performed the last rites on 39-year-old Lisa Marie Pond.
Jackson staffers advised Langbehn that she could not see Pond earlier because the hospital's visitation policy in cases of emergency was limited to immediate family and spouses -- not partners. In Florida, same-sex marriages or partnerships are not recognized. On Friday, two years after her partner's death, Langbehn and her attorneys were in federal court, claiming emotional distress and negligence in a suit they filed last June. Jackson attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the case on grounds that the hospital has no obligation to allow patients' visitors.
Following a hearing lasting more than an hour Friday, U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan said he would try to decide soon whether the case could proceed to trial. He gave no specific date.

Interracial Relationships continue to cause a stir in america

Throughout history, race has been a crucial factor in America. Today, interracial dating, relationships and marriage still trigger much dispute. Love is an amazing feeling that many of us are fortunate to experience and feel, but interracial relationships have always been and will continue to be a taboo subject matter for some.

It really should not matter with whom you want to pursue a relationship, but some Americans still feel that interracial dating is immoral or unnatural. Being accepted as a couple, by your family and friends, whether you’re heterosexual or homosexual or dating someone in or out of your race, makes things less challenging and more relaxed. Due to people’s prejudice, however, being in an interracial relationship is often more difficult.
The United States, although a “free” country, can be very judgmental and critical. Rich Robinson, a founding member of rock group The Black Crowes, was born to a black father and a white mother. His parents married during the Civil Rights movement. During the time they were married, they believed that “the whole nation was moving toward greater and greater integration;” however, not only did their marriage fail, but they went back to their own lives of being on their “designated sides.”
Robinson once said, “I’m never going to marry a white girl. Marrying a white girl is a bad idea; they will never understand. Actually, I always assumed I would never marry a white girl (…) Being with a white girl does not work out. My parents’ relationship ended and race had something to do with it.”
Just because Robinson’s parents’ relationship didn’t work out because of racial issues, he has second thoughts of having a relationship with a white woman. Robinson’s true love could in fact be a white woman, but he is now hesitant because of his parents failed marriage, most likely due to outer societal pressures.
The idea of our country as a diverse and abundant “melting pot” is not looked fondly upon by the entire population. When individuals judge two people in love from different races, they are not seeing the beauty and love these folks have for one another. People like this are simply being ignorant. If being with a man or women outside of your race makes you happy, then you should ignore the ill-mannered comments of others. Being able to express how you want to live and who you want to date makes you truly American.

Anti-gay protesters banned from Britain

Two U.S. anti-gay preachers have been banned from entering England, officials said.
Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley phelps-Roper, who belong to the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, were planning to come to Britain to protest outside a performance of "The Laramie Project," the Times of London reported Friday.
The plan recounts the death of gay college student Matthew Shepard who was killed in Laramie, Wyo., in 1998. The play is to be performed Saturday at Queen Mary's College.
Phelps, 79, and his daughter, 51, are known for protesting at American soldiers' funerals, where they display banners with phrases such as "God Hates Fags." Members of the church say they believe U.S. troop deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan are punishment for America's tolerance of gays.
Phelps and his daughter have been labeled as "extremists" by the British government.
"The Home Secretary has excluded both Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper from the U.K.," a Border Agency spokesman said. "Both these individuals have engaged in unacceptable behavior by inciting hatred against a number of communities."
Peter Tatchell, of the gay rights group OutRage! said he disagreed with the decision to ban the Phelpses.
"The Phelpses are odious, homophobic bigots. They give Christianity a bad name," Tatchell said. "Objectionable though they are, I don't agree with them being banned." And do we have to agree with Peter some do, but I refuse because is obsurd how two individuals would go such lenghts to show their opinion on homosexuality. Personally i think they were even lucky to get out alive!! but that's just me :-)