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I'm sure you've all seen this video clip somewhere. Apparently it's a pretty big deal, but I haven't figured out why yet. Although I think she could have answered the question a little better, I genuinely respect her answer. As a disclaimer, I'm not sure where I stand on this issue quite yet. I'm still searching out and asking God about it. I know what I've been told and taught my whole life, but I want to find out what the Bible says about for myself. As of right now, I'm leaning toward the right. But whether I'm for or against it, I still think the circus around her answer is completely ridiculous. I find fault mostly in the Miss USA organization and here are some reasons why:

1. Perez Hilton asked. If he asked me the same question, knowing he is the most famous gossip blogger on earth and that he could destroy my reputation with a click of a mouse, I probably would have just said what I knew he wanted to hear. It took a lot of courage for her to stand in front of him and millions of people and say something that she knew she was going to get hassled about.
2. I heard one of the executives say that Miss USA is not a place for politics or religion. I agree - it shouldn't be. If this is true, then why did they approve this question? I honestly don't think the question should have ever been asked if they have no interest in the contestants political or religious beliefs. Gay marriage has very little to do with the roles of her being Miss USA.
3. Don't ask if you don't want to know. I tell people that all the time. If you want me to lie to you, I will, but don't ask me a question if you don't like the answer I'm going to give you. If they honestly didn't want to know her opinion, they never should have asked.
4. I'm gathering that they would rather have a Miss USA that lies about her opinion to please the majority, than a Miss USA that is an honest "bigot". Read this. It shows just how much integrity there is in this organization.

I heard her called a "bigot" today on a morning talk show. I looked up bigot on dictionary.com and it said the following:
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but is Perez Hilton himself not being a bigot? She never said anything derogatory about the gay community. All she did was answer the question she was asked. She's said many times since then that she loves gay people. But yet she is "utterly intolerant" of them? I just don't see it.

Perez wrote on his blog a few weeks ago, "When YOUR 'opinion' gets in the way of my rights, privileges and protections, I'm supposed to smile and be nice? Hell no!" Seriously? He REALLY thinks that her opinion is going to get in the way of his rights? It's not HER opinion that does that, it's the opinion of 55% of the United State. Maybe he should find nude photos and dig up dirt about the millions of people that have the same opinion as her.

The only time the bible uses the word "homosexual" is in 1 Corinthians 6:9. I completely understand that any kind of sexual immorality outside of marriage is a sin - gay or straight. What I've yet to discover is if God finds fault with married gay couples that don't commit these sins outside of marriage. The main thing I always fall back on is the fact that man and woman were created together in the Garden for the purposes of reproduction. I'm still sorting all of this out.

I'd like help trying to figure this stuff out, Bible scholars (this means you Jamie and Joseph)! I don't just want your opinion though. I really want hard biblical evidence to back it up. And don't tell me about Sodom and Gomorrah because that was the Old Covenant and I haven't seen God send down hell, fire and brimestone lately, or in the New Testament. He also killed people on the spot and opened up the earth to swallow folks whole, which he also hasn't done in a while. God doesn't have to punish us for our sin anymore because Jesus took all that on Himself for us on the cross. Therefore telling me the ways God punished homosexually immoral people back then isn't going to answer my question.

I have no idea how to conclude this random, probably contraversial blog.

Happy trails!