In a June 15 press release, national LGBT-rights group The Empowering Spirits Foundation (ESF) called upon the worldwide gay-lesbian-other community to immediately cease attacking Carrie Prejean, the People’s Miss California USA. The ESF, a grassroots San Diego, Calif. organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender normalcy, issued the alert amidst a growing worldwide backlash against homosexual activists [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Miss California’
May Marked by Marriage Victories, Map for Future
Posted in Carrie Prejean Society, Culture War, Marriage Advice, Marriage Month-in-Review, Public Policy, tagged Miss California, Perez Hilton, Prop 8 on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The adage “April showers bring May flowers” comes to mind for this installment of Marriage Month in Review, our monthly look back at the events and people who shaped the outlook for marriage and family in America. First the April showers. On April 3, a Category 5 judicial hurricane devastated Iowa citizens when a handful [...]
Alert: Miss CA Hosts ‘Fox & Friends’ Following Prop 8 Victory
Posted in Carrie Prejean Society, Culture War, Gay Marriage, Marriage Debate, Prop 8, Same-Sex Marriage, tagged Adam Lambert, American Idol, Kris Allen, Miss California on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Marriage spokesmodel Carrie Prejean was spotted hosting “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday at 6 a.m. Eastern time following California’s Prop 8 amendment victory at the State Supreme Court. Miss California 2009 delivered the day’s news while discussing her busy agenda following the Miss USA pageant, which included a scheduled visit with U.S. troops Wednesday evening. [...]
Pennsylvania Rejects Anti-marriage Bigotry
Posted in Gay Marriage, Marriage Debate, Public Policy, Same-Sex Marriage, tagged Marriage Laws, Miss California, Obama on Marriage on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A column in the Philadelphia Daily News reports that the State of Pennsylvania, like nearly the rest of the United States, is taking a stand for marriage and children. According to recent polling, support for legal protections of the biological family in that state crosses race and religion, as a majority of Catholics, African Americans, seniors, [...]
Strange Bedfellows: Obama and Miss California Views Identical on Marriage
Posted in Carrie Prejean Society, Marriage Debate, Same-Sex Marriage, tagged Gay Marriage, Miss California, Obama on Marriage on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the media flood surrounding Miss California’s tsunami-like defense of marriage at the Miss USA pageant, many anti-marriage pundits seem to have forgotten–or conveniently overlooked–comments made by another high-profile supporter of traditional marriage. In an May 16, 2009 article on NPR.com (“The Difference Between Listening and Hearing”), commentator Scott Simon lists the following quote and [...]
Palin Speaks out for Prejean, Marriage
Posted in Carrie Prejean Society, Marriage Debate, tagged Miss California, Sarah Palin on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Alaska governor and former pageant contestant Sarah Palin spoke out over the weekend, defending pageant comrade Carrie Prejean against unfair attacks by anti-marriage activists. As reported by the Canadian Press, Palin stated that “the liberal onslaught of malicious attacks against Carrie Prejean for expressing her opinion is despicable.” Activists manufactured a controversy over comments made [...]
The Donald Hails Prejean at Press Conference
Posted in Carrie Prejean Society, Marriage Debate, tagged Gay Marriage, Miss California, traditional marriage on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »