Alabama State Lawmaker supports Calif. beauty queen, introduces bill to show support...

[LynneSin]

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Lawmaker supports Calif. beauty queen
By Sebastian Kitchen • April 22, 2009

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State Rep. Jay Love, R-Mont­gomery, has drafted a resolution supporting Miss California USA, who was criticized for say­ing she believes marriage should be between a man and a woman.



Miss California Carrie Prejean was asked during the Miss USA 2009 Pageant on Sunday if she supported legalizing gay marriage. Celebrity gossip blog­ger Perez Hilton, who is gay and was a judge at the competition, asked the question.

"I think it's great Americans are able to choose one or the oth­er," Prejean said. "We live in a land that you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite mar­riage. And you know what, in my country, in my family I think that I believe that a mar­riage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to any­body there, but that's how I was raised, and that's how I think it should be, between a man and a woman."

Some people have criticized her for the comments.

Love said there are those "tell­ing people what they can believe and what they can say," which he said is wrong.

He said she is being punished for saying marriage is between a man and a woman.

"I don't believe that's right," Love said.

The former Republican con­gressional nominee for the 2nd Congressional District said he supports Prejean for standing by her beliefs and not giving the politically correct answer.


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State Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, said the resolu­tion would not pass.

He said Prejean is associated with right-wing organizations in California and said she sup­ports discrimination.

"I am not for the Alabama Legislature honoring her in any kind of way," Holmes said.

[LeftinOH]

1. Its nice that there are *no* other problems in Alabama at the moment

for Representative Jay Love to be concerned with..
:sarcasm:

[Iris]

3. No kidding. But I would like to know what right wing orgs she's associated with.

[Eric J in MN]

2. Your title should say "Alabama State Lawmaker" not "California" (NT)

NT