Missed California
by Michael Wong
The outspoken Carrie Prejean is about to become the former Miss California. Her religious right supporters are already trying to spin her presumed defrocking on liberal conspirators bent on destroying religion in the US. But Prejean has no one to blame but herself.
When she agreed to enter that beauty contest, she agreed to abide by the terms of her contract if she won. But her various appearances in the media to defend her views on marriage were not pre-approved by pageant officials. So she violated her contract. You can speculate that pageant officials may not have approved her appearances to begin with, but the fact is she never sought their approval so the point is moot.
Prejean is entitled to her opinion whether I agree with her (which I don't) or not . But if she is going to use her position to advance her beliefs and morals, she needs to accept the consequences of her actions. You can't take a stand on a controversial issue and then cry when your critics call you on them. And you certainly can't expect to violate a contract and get away with it.
Posted under Read the Lede on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 at 13:56
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