”We will make the case that her title was taken from her solely because of her support of traditional marriage….. A lot of those opportunities seemed to have dried up, which is why we have to clear her name.”
Charles S. LiMandri, an attorney speaking for Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California USA and evangelical Chrsitian beauty queen. Prejean became an instant person of interest during the national debate about gay marriage after she told the Miss USA Pageant’s gay judge Perez Hilton that marriage should be between a man and a woman. Prejean nearly won the pageant, and Hilton launched a personal attack against her and the pair went on national media tours to promote their personal views on same-sex marriages, Proposition 8, and against one another. The whole debacle appears to have ended badly for both of the pseudo-celebs: Prejean eventually lost her title; Hilton lost credibility for using an anti-gay slur against another celeb. And yet, with this latest effort, it appears that the issue is not actually over for Prejean, despite her past actions and statements which appear to have indicated that she lost interest in the pageant’s system. (NBC San Diego)