Sorry, Your Answer Wasn’t Liberal Enough by Jonathan Vander Veen
I know that this topic is an entire week and a half old, but I really needed to write about Carrie Prejean’s answer on the subject of gay marriage at the 2009 Miss USA pageant.
I want to begin by writing that I fully and completely support and agree with Carrie’s answer. Sure, it wasn’t the most eloquent answer in the world, but she made her point and now she is paying the price for having an opinion that goes against the liberal and gay agenda that is destroying traditional family values in America. I proudly placed my Yes on 8 sticker on my car and put my Yes on 8 sign in my front yard, and I am proud of Carrie’s strength to stand up for what she believes in.
It is amazing to see how quickly the liberal media is to attack an individual for having a conservative opinion. After being informed by Perez Hilton that Vermont had recently legalized same-sex marriage, Carrie was asked if she thinks that “every state should follow suit?” The question was directed towards her thoughts on the issue of same-sex marriage; so what we have here is a nice open-ended question. An open-ended question is designed to encourage a full, meaningful answer using the subject’s own knowledge and/or feelings; and that is exactly what Carrie did. So why is the media and many of those supporting the gay agenda acting as if she answered the question incorrectly or that she gave the ‘wrong’ answer?
The nerve of these people to criticize and belittle Carrie for being bright enough to express her own opinion rather than follow that of the main stream media like all of those lost sheep out in this country (mainly from places like California and New York) who can’t handle coming up with their own opinion or argument to a particular issue. These people, yes I wrote ‘these people’, suppose that what they believe is the only way to go and that anyone who disagrees with them or comes up with their own thoughts are nothing but evil, conservative bigots.
Let me tell you something: 8 did not equal hate like those people wanted you to believe. Rather, attacking an elderly woman for holding a cross equals hate, and that is exactly what happened. I guess that at times they do get physical if you disagree with them.
Back to my point though, I just couldn’t believe how the liberals acted when Carrie gave her response to Perez Hilton’s question. I also can’t believe that so many people still want to be a part of that liberal crowd. As ridiculous as many liberals sound each time they attempt to argue an issue, I, and most other conservatives, are polite enough to give them their allotted time to fully respond to the issue at hand. That is exactly how it should always be. Carrie should have had the opportunity to freely express herself and her beliefs without having to worry about any harsh criticism from the left. The hypocrisy from so many on the left really makes me cringe every time I hear of them attacking a conservative for having an opposing thought or belief.
I have also heard, from some of the more moderate liberals, that Carrie can believe whatever she wants, but she should have been more politically correct when she gave her answer. Well I am sorry, but I believe that that statement is just as ridiculous as someone totally criticizing Carrie’s beliefs. Why should she have been more politically correct? She is against same-sex marriage and that is what she said. Why is it that a conservative must always frame his or her statement in a way that is more acceptable to someone on the left? That is so ridiculous. If it offends you that I am against same-sex marriage, well I don’t know what to tell you. That is how I feel and that is what I believe, I should not have to and will not alter my thoughts and feelings just because you disagree with me. I am not rude, I am not evil, I am not a hater, and I am not a bigot; I have my beliefs and I, just like you, will not sacrifice my beliefs just because someone might disagree with me.
It is so encouraging to see Carrie to continue to stand by her beliefs and not cave in like so many have before her. I am here to support her and to also support any conservative who is being attacked for his or her conservative beliefs.
Conservatives need to stop being concerned about liberal’s feelings. In this country it is still ok to have conservative beliefs, it is still ok to believe that marriage is between one man and one woman, it is ok to believe that abortion is wrong and is murder, it is ok to love and believe in God and his Son Jesus Christ; we do not need to be ashamed of these beliefs and we do not need to make sure that the liberals around us disagree with what we believe in.
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