Wow. In about 30 years time these people (the ones still alive) are going to be going on the news apologizing saying "Well that's just the way it was back then".

The same way old former white Alabama legislators these days defend voting against black rights in the 60's. "Well yeah I voted against inter-racial marriage and giving blacks rights, but that's just the way it was back then".

WTF?

She actually gave a good answer for a beauty contestant.

"While I believe in the legal right, I'm personally against it." - if I'm not mistaken.

That's actually quite the pussy answer.

DRTFA, but did they extend the "freedom fries act" as a rider on the bill?

Hooray for celebrating hatred.

Mark my words: Someday we will look back on this time of gay-rights denial just as shamefully as we now do the pre women's-suffrage era, and the days when blacks were legally considered 3/5ths of a human being. How can ANY thinking person support legislation that designates ANY other human as a second-class citizen in 2009?!? For chrissakes, gay marriage HURTS NOBODY!

Wait, I said "thinking person." That's giving the right-wing Christian types too much credit. I love how they try to unconstitutionally legislate their own narrow-mined religious morality predicated upon the notion that homosexuality is a choice, and simply one they don't agree with. And not a single one of them has YET been able to come up with a decent answer to: "So, when did you choose to be straight?"

Assholes.

You're my Mississippi!

I have a sneaking suspicion that this has nothing to do with praising her exercise of free speech and everything to do with bigotry among Alabama legislators.

Call me crazy.

Diogenes: I have a sneaking suspicion that this has nothing to do with praising her exercise of free speech and everything to do with bigotry among Alabama legislators.

Call me crazy.

Oh come on now. You're just being paranoid.

ROLL TIDE!

/WOOOOoooo

impaler: WTF?

She actually gave a good answer for a beauty contestant.

"While I believe in the legal right, I'm personally against it." - if I'm not mistaken.

That's actually quite the pussy answer.

DRTFA, but did they extend the "freedom fries act" as a rider on the bill?


You must have missed the part where she contradicted herself, then said "in my country, California."

Which begs the question: Is Alabama saluting the stand against same-sex marriage, or recognizing her as a fellow idiot?

Bladel: You must have missed the part where she contradicted herself, then said "in my country, California."

I did. It was a 3rd hand account.

Off to youtube I guess...

Bladel: Which begs the question: Is Alabama saluting the stand against same-sex marriage, or recognizing her as a fellow idiot?

I'm willing to be generous and allow both.

50mm: Bladel: Which begs the question: Is Alabama saluting the stand against same-sex marriage, or recognizing her as a fellow idiot?

I'm willing to be generous and allow both.

It's almost certainly both. But I guess it is good they are spending time on this, I'd hate them to spend time feeling guilty for raping the education budget, which has been cut something like 20% over the last two years.

Bladel: Which begs the question: Is Alabama saluting the stand against same-sex marriage, or recognizing her as a fellow idiot?

Not all of us are idiots here in Alabama. Not all of us are backwards Bible thumping gay bashers either. And if I remember correctly, California (the paragon of progress) recently went one step further and passed discriminatory LEGISLATION against gay marriage.

There's assholes everywhere man.

"Why do we live in a town where the smartest have no power and the stupidest run everything? Maybe I should just move back to Alabama."

- Dr. Hibbert

MrKraclenutz
Not all of us are idiots here in Alabama. Not all of us are backwards Bible thumping gay bashers either. And if I remember correctly, California (the paragon of progress) recently went one step further and passed discriminatory LEGISLATION against gay marriage.

In fact CA's prop 8 took it to a new level and actually revoked a right that gay couples had previously had in the state. Most states passing gay marriage bans had yet to allow gay marriage. It made the passage of prop 8 just that much more bitter for gay couples.

patrick767: In fact CA's prop 8 took it to a new level and actually revoked a right that gay couples had previously had in the state. Most states passing gay marriage bans had yet to allow gay marriage. It made the passage of prop 8 just that much more bitter for gay couples.

It was killing me every time I'd hear a Prop 8 supporter decry the backlash and claim that the gays and their supporters were just bitter because they lost on it. Well then what the hell was Prop 8 if the law was already on the books?

Love said Prejean stuck to her convictions even if it meant losing the pageant.

I think her bad boob job cost her the title. Real ones don't sit a mile apart on a woman's chest. The fake tan didn't help, either.

The husband is from Alabama...t I've only been to Huntsville and the only bigot I've met there is hi brother who lives in Tennessee but was raised in Texas.

I have been informed, however, that the further south I'd go the more scared I'd be.

Lorelle: I think her bad boob job cost her the title. Real ones don't sit a mile apart on a woman's chest. The fake tan didn't help, either.

I don't know, she got the Guido vote...

In would support her in the true style of the gay and lesbians, in that I would...

Considering these sloped foreheads didn't outlaw slavery until the 1990s, this is about what I would expect.

patrick767: In fact CA's prop 8 took it to a new level and actually revoked a right that gay couples had previously had in the state. Most states passing gay marriage bans had yet to allow gay marriage. It made the passage of prop 8 just that much more bitter for gay couples.

Prop 8 was in direct response to a recent judicial decision invalidating a ballot initiative passed around 2000.

Your opinion is only valid/fair/intelligent/commendable/neutral/good if it matches everyone else's? I disagree with her, but there's nothing wrong with it. God forbid anyone lives who has a different moral compass (oh wait, that's the arabs).

I love hypocrisy. It's delicious.

well, you know what they say in Alabama:

"It's Adam and his sister not Adam and his MISTER"

Love said he has received a number of e-mails and phone calls from across the country since introducing the resolution. He said more than half of those disagreed with the resolution.

So, maybe get the point...

The comments looks like Fark

Gwendolyn: The husband is from Alabama...t I've only been to Huntsville and the only bigot I've met there is hi brother who lives in Tennessee but was raised in Texas.

I have been informed, however, that the further south I'd go the more scared I'd be.

My brother lives in Huntsville and works at a one of the many NASA/defense contractor companies there. Its like a little bubble of intelligence, if you go outside that (esp south) it gets ugly quick.

i was under the impression that what went into these tarts' mouths was more important to their chances of winning than what comes out of them.

Ah, the gay marriage issue. Straight people, telling gay people, what they can and cannot do.

Gwendolyn: The husband is from Alabama...t I've only been to Huntsville and the only bigot I've met there is hi brother who lives in Tennessee but was raised in Texas.

I have been informed, however, that the further south I'd go the more scared I'd be.

We're sane here in Huntsville. All the technology and industry means the town is intelligent. Can't say the same for the rest of the state.

mreuther: Considering these sloped foreheads didn't outlaw slavery until the 1990s, this is about what I would expect.


Actually we signed the 13th amendment on December 2, 1865.

Neat fact: Alabama has the longest constitution in the world!

"At 357,157 words, the document is 12 times longer than the average state constitution, 40 times longer than the U.S. Constitution, and is the longest still-operative constitution anywhere in the world (the Constitution of India, the longest national constitution, comes in at approximately 117,369 words, making Alabama's constitution approximately three times longer than India's)."

We've been discussing changing it for years and years and years...

/roll tide!

Jack9: Your opinion is only valid/fair/intelligent/commendable/neutral/good if it matches everyone else's? I disagree with her, but there's nothing wrong with it. God forbid anyone lives who has a different moral compass (oh wait, that's the arabs).

I love hypocrisy. It's delicious.

Yah...there's nothing wrong with it.. if you're of the opinion that bigotry, prejudice and discrimination aren't "wrong". I suppose you could realistically make that argument about any subject as long as it was just somebodies opinion couldn't you?

"Hey, it's her opinion that baby killing is A-OK!, She just disagrees with you.. that doesn't make it WRONG"

Think for just the slightest moment please..

//also, her answer was garbled and almost nonsensical. It was a bad answer all the way around.

Wut' would Jesus say? He used to hang with all those guys gays guys long-haired guys gays ...

Finish later ... gotta' go right now ... take whiz, that is ...

heap: i was under the impression that what went into these tarts' mouths was more important to their chances of winning than what comes out of them.

penis?

Jack9: Your opinion is only valid/fair/intelligent/commendable/neutral/good if it matches everyone else's? I disagree with her, but there's nothing wrong with it. God forbid anyone lives who has a different moral compass (oh wait, that's the arabs).

I love hypocrisy. It's delicious.

I don't think that's the issue that the headline is taking. That "having solved all other problems" should be a tip-off.

/my only issue with her "discourse" was her assertion that in America, gay folks have the right to get married. Yeah, in like four states they do, sweetheart.

Ok, yes, the woman is just fine for a beauty queen and has done nothing wrong. And it is a shame she was treated badly for being honest. But seriously people...

yeaaa....give her a book deal. A huge$ book deal.

nmathew01: patrick767: In fact CA's prop 8 took it to a new level and actually revoked a right that gay couples had previously had in the state. Most states passing gay marriage bans had yet to allow gay marriage. It made the passage of prop 8 just that much more bitter for gay couples.

Prop 8 was in direct response to a recent judicial decision invalidating a ballot initiative passed around 2000.

The majority has no right to vote on a minorities' rights.

Prop 8 was stripping someone of their rights because you don't like them. It's no different then passing Jim Crow laws.

Why is a screaming fag a judging a female beauty pageant anyway? Perez Hilton is qualified to judge Rubyjock's NSFW photos...not a beautiful blonde.

I guess if you voice a personal opinion when asked, that doesn't fit into the PC template, you're toast.

Christ, it's not like she denied global climate warming change.

/I'd hit it like a judge slamming a gavel.

So walking around in a bikini is ok according to her faith, though?

What would Jesus wear (in a swimsuit competition).

GAT_00: 50mm: Bladel: Which begs the question: Is Alabama saluting the stand against same-sex marriage, or recognizing her as a fellow idiot?

I'm willing to be generous and allow both.

It's almost certainly both. But I guess it is good they are spending time on this, I'd hate them to spend time feeling guilty for raping the education budget, which has been cut something like 20% over the last two years.

Hey, we tried to get the hell away from you yankee fools but you wouldn't let us. I guess it makes you feel superior to meddle in our affairs so much that it causes financial hardships trying to comply with your idiocy. Please let us secede...we will be much happier without you and you will be much better off without us....

I'd still poop on her chest.

Our Man in Nirvana: mreuther: Considering these sloped foreheads didn't outlaw slavery until the 1990s, this is about what I would expect.


Actually we signed the 13th amendment on December 2, 1865.

Neat fact: Alabama has the longest constitution in the world!

"At 357,157 words, the document is 12 times longer than the average state constitution, 40 times longer than the U.S. Constitution, and is the longest still-operative constitution anywhere in the world (the Constitution of India, the longest national constitution, comes in at approximately 117,369 words, making Alabama's constitution approximately three times longer than India's)."

We've been discussing changing it for years and years and years...

/roll tide!

That's probably because "y'all" is considered two words.

What a bunch of bigots.

I can't wait until Alabama is once again forced to follow the US Constitution.

fritton: Jack9: Your opinion is only valid/fair/intelligent/commendable/neutral/good if it matches everyone else's? I disagree with her, but there's nothing wrong with it. God forbid anyone lives who has a different moral compass (oh wait, that's the arabs).

I love hypocrisy. It's delicious.

Yah...there's nothing wrong with it.. if you're of the opinion that bigotry, prejudice and discrimination aren't "wrong". I suppose you could realistically make that argument about any subject as long as it was just somebodies opinion couldn't you?

"Hey, it's her opinion that baby killing is A-OK!, She just disagrees with you.. that doesn't make it WRONG"

Think for just the slightest moment please..

//also, her answer was garbled and almost nonsensical. It was a bad answer all the way around.

So you're saying she's pro-abortion? Damn, that would be controversial. I can definitely see a judge shooting her down for that.

I believe in opposite marriage, you hippy liberal abortionists!

As a Californian, I found prop 8 to be disgusting, vile, and a wonderful example of how close-minded and bass-ackwards some people can be. That said, I have no problem with the woman's statement. Whether or not someone likes gay marriage is irrelevant to me, really. As long as that bigotry is not enshrined it law, it is a personally held view, and freedom of thought and speech protects that.

On another vein... those who got all whingy because she lost points for being a bigot are not considering something. In theory, the winners of these jackass contests are aiming for an ideal, not to represent the current crop of numbnuts. Ideals are highly individual, and therefor highly interpretive. That post from faux channels talking heads yesterday brought out all kinds of asinine.

came for pics of miss california

leaving disappointed.

I get to one day tell my grandchildren that I stood against the discrimination a good portion of this Nation is imposing on our fellow human beings.


/they probably won't care
//and by "stood against", I mean I told rednecks to STFU and voted for human rights