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Miss California Slams Site For Racy Pics

Calling It An Attack On Her Christianity, Carrie Prejean Defends Her Semi-Nude Photographs As A Teen

  • Carrie Prejean was named first runner-up to Miss North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant April 19. Her response to a question about legalizing same-sex marriage may have cost her the title.

    Carrie Prejean was named first runner-up to Miss North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant April 19. Her response to a question about legalizing same-sex marriage may have cost her the title.  (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

  • Photo Essay Miss USA 2009

    Miss North Carolina was crowned this year's winner and will compete in the Miss Universe pageant.

(AP)  Miss California says a Web site has posted racy photos of her in an attempt to belittle her Christianity.

Carrie Prejean says photos taken of her as a teenager had been released "surreptitiously to a tabloid Web site that openly mocks me for my Christian faith."

In a statement, Prejean also says the attacks on her and others who "speak in defense of traditional marriage" are intolerant and offensive.

A photo of Prejean wearing only pink panties with her back turned to the camera appeared Monday on the gossip blog theDirty.com.

The 21-year-old Prejean was named first runner-up to Miss North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant April 19. Her response to a question about legalizing same-sex marriage may have cost her the title.


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by ladypirate2 May 9, 2009 11:48 PM EDT
ska63: So now white people are to blame for hurricane Katrina, is that what you're saying? If you are then you just proved my point about your stupidity! We did not cause Katrina and we did not cause those levys to break! We also did not cause aids either and you know it! No one knows the real cause of aids. You are just so full of hatred that you want to blame us for everything. Next you'll be saying that we're to blame for global warming, the swine flu outbreak, etc. You are an idiot!

Also if the we caused the levys to break in New Orleans because the real estate is so prime, why hasn't it been developed? Why are there still block after block of abandoned houses that are just sitting there rotting away? If the United States government wanted it so badly, why haven't they used their right of eminent domain and bought it or just seized it and cleared the land and replaced the houses with something else? They could, and legally too, BUT THEY DON'T WANT IT!

And another thing, you said that your people built the pyramids. Actually no one knows who actually built the pyramids. It could also have been the Jews who were held captive in Egypt for over 400 years. Incidentally, they were held captive and in slavery by the Egyptians who beat them with whips and even murdered many of them when they couldn't work. The pharoah even once ordered all of the male Jewish babies under two years old murdered!

I am not trying to work my "propaganda" on you because I know it's no use. You say that your heart is open but your comments prove otherwise. You have proved to the world or anyone who reads these comments how full of hate that your heart really is. It is so full of hate that there is no room left in it for love. I pray that someday you'll change but you've already said that you never will. I sincerely hope you are wrong! Until then it's a waste of my time arguing with you.
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by ladypirate2 May 9, 2009 5:04 PM EDT
ska63: There is also a place in hell for hate filled racists and atheists and supremasts like you too! Incidentally King James didn't write the King James Version Bible it was translated from the original scrolls by many translators. It was only named in honor of King James. You know nothing about it or you would know that.

And as far as Christianity killing more people, that's not true and you know it! What about what happened on 09 - 11 - 01? Have forgotten about the thousands of innocent people who were killed that day? Have you forgotten the sight of those planes flying into the World Trade Center? And what about the people who were killed in the Pentagon and in that plane crash in Pennsylvania? How can you forget and dismiss them so easily? I haven't and I also haven't forgot who killed them! It was Muslims!

Also what about the Muslims who are killing other Muslims every day and the many Muslim women who are killed just for leaving their house without their husband's permission or driving a car or even going outside without being completely covered? Aren't you forgetting about them or do you think they deserve to be killed?

As for me being stupid, you should know about stupidity! You would be a lot better off if you'd put your Mitrah on a shelf, too, and wipe the dust off your Bible if you have one and start reading it. It's obvious that you've been neglecting it, if you've ever read it in the first place! If you had you wouldn't need your Mitrah!

And as for the Bible being lies, (according to you), you will find out the hard way someday that it is not when you leave this world and you stand before God himself! You will wish then that you hadn't dismissed it so easily. You will also know then that Jesus is very real and that he is the living and only begotten son of God. His spirit lives in my heart and, yes, He'll be there to guide me when my time comes to leave this world. I have no doubt about that because He said that he will never leave me nor forsake me and he doesn't lie.

You don't understand that, though, because you are blinded by sin and until you open your heart and allow Him to come in, you will never understand. It also does no good to talk to you because your heart is hardened and full of hatred. Until you get rid of the hatred and learn to love you will never understand. I just pray that you do before you leave this world and it's everlasting too late!

And as for the end game being up, you will see who's end game is up someday! You know that Bible that I've been talking about? I've read the end of the book and we Christians win! Also I think we'll win before then, too, in the next presidential election because Obama has already many mistakes and it's just the beginning of his presidency. His bailouts and stimulus package has already trillions of dollars in debt and it's only the beginning! People are going to tire of that very quickly!

You also obviously haven't read about the huge mega churches in China and in Houston and Dallas and California and in other places all over the world that are growing by leaps and bounds everday. You also don't know about the many missionaries and evangelists who are still leading people to Christ by the hundreds everyday. I personally know one missionary in Mexico who, at age 80, is still leading people to Christ every day. So go ahead and spread your lies about Christianity losing converts because I know for a fact that it's not true! You can also say what you will about us but, like it or not, we are here and we are not going anywhere until the Lord calls us home.

We will also just go ahead preaching the gospel and making our presence known just as we always have and when we are gone our children will continue on where we left off. We are making sure of that because we are teaching them the Bible and the ways of the Lord and they will teach them to their children! We will make our presence known in the next election too!
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by ladypirate2 May 8, 2009 10:00 PM EDT
ska63: There you go spouting your racism and hate again! Every word that you've written is nothing but hatred! Hatred for the white race, hatred for the Holy Bible, and hatred for Christianity. You have the nerve to call us "Jesus freaks" racist when really you are worse than any of us! Your comments prove it to everyone who reads them!

Even though you'll never admit it, you have something in common with the groups that you mentioned, the Nazis, the Skin Heads, the KKK, and that is your racism and hatred! You are just as racist and full of hate as any of them! The only difference is instead of blacks, you hate whites and the Bible and Christianity! You are also just as much of a supremast as any of them! You think that blacks or Africans are the supreme race and are better than all other races! You proved that when you said " White is not a race. White is a mutated species produced among whites only. All other races can migrate across all other groups and reproduce themselves, whites are the only group who cannot cross reproduce themselves within other groups". The Nazis, Skin Heads, and the KKK have nothing on you when it comes to supremism and hatred!

And about those other 47 so-called books of the Bible that you mentioned. I have a copy of the so-called "Lost Books Of The Bible". I read it years ago. It is now sitting on my bookshelf gathering dust. I dismissed it because it has never been proven that they ever were part of the original Bible. I have the modern King James Version of the Holy Bible. It's enough for me. If I need comfort I go to the Bible. If I need answers I go to the Bible. It provides all of the comfort I need and it answers all of my questions. It would do the same for you if you would just read it and accept it!
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by ladypirate2 May 8, 2009 3:38 AM EDT
aka63: You are just another racist who is trying to twist the truth to fit your beliefs. You are just as racist against whites as any white has ever been against blacks! Every word that you've spouted is nothing but hate for the white race.

Also I didn't say that Jesus was a caucasian. I said he was a Jew and was a descendant of King David. Although the Jewish race is a white race they are much different than the caucasian races of Europe but they are not black. They are somewhere in between.

I also know that Jesus never travelled outside of his homeland Israel. His disciples did, though, and the apostle Paul.

And another thing, for your information I got straight A's in geography! Israel is in the middle east. It is located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. It is only linked to the African continent by the Sinai peninsula which, although the Sinai is owned by Egypt, if you really want to get technical, is separated from the African continent by the Suez canal which didn't exist in the Bible days. That is why Israel is now in the middle east and not in Africa!

Also you should study the Bible and the twelve tribes of Israel. None of them were Ethiopian although some of them may have migrated to Ethiopia at some time before the Ark of the Covenant was, supposedly, moved to Ethiopia. And incidentally, I don't know where you got your information, but the Bible doesn't say what happened to the Ark of the Covenant. The last place that it's mentioned in the Bible is in Jeremiah 3: 16 which says "And it shall come to pass when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done anymore." I will accept what the Bible says about that.

However, if indeed the Ethiopian "Jews" are indeed Jews and descendants of Abraham, then certainly they should receive their "rightful status" as you called it. But they should receive no more than their rightful status. The Bible clearly lines out the status of each tribe of Israel and what blessings that each is to receive. If the Ethiopian "Jews" are indeed Jews and descendants of Abraham, DNA tests should prove it. DNA tests should also show to which tribe that they belong. Their status should be decided accordingly.

Also the King James Version of the Holy Bible has served me well for 56 years. I don't need to read your Mitrah to get knowledge.
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by keithle1 May 7, 2009 3:54 PM EDT
'Traditional marriage" needs to be defended? Since when do gay couples want to get rid of marriage as we know it? Why do you care if two gay strangers get married? How does it affect you?

Jesus save me from your followers.

She got those racy photos taken so gay men could see what they're missing.
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by fed_up_w_gay-liberal_BS May 7, 2009 3:05 PM EDT
Posted by Solarrays247 at 9:08 PM : May 6, 2009

Are you finished with your rant? .....(MORE SARCASM)

First of all, I am none of the things that you accused me of......:)
.....(WHY, because YOU say so? Your own words dictate otherwise. Besides, I've just pointed out the obvious based on YOUR statements, NOT 'accusations'.

Bush stated on public television that God spoke to him on many matters.
etc., etc.,
....So then you figure that it's OK to sarcastically name-call and demean? Let's see, that means according to YOU if someone publicly and "innocently" states a personal value or belief that they are fair game for ridicule. Hmmmm, once again YOUR words speak for themselves. The saddest part is that you don't recognize your own indiscretions even when someone points them out, or you're in serious denial.

You don't like my message? Tough. Get over it
. ....It was never a matter of liking or disliking your message therefore there's nothing for me to 'get over' . I've just "held up a mirrror". If you don't recognize or like what you see, it seems to me that perhaps you've got some issues to 'get over'.
All anyone need do is read your posts and read my posts for what they are WITHOUT bias or interpretation and all is very clear. You make it too easy to recognize.
However his is becoming too obvious and tedious. Either recognize it or don't. I have no desire to become your counselor.
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by ladypirate2 May 7, 2009 2:27 AM EDT
nofoolling: It's not going to happen! Get used to us because as long as we are on this earth and drawing breath we are going to be preaching the gospel!
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by ladypirate2 May 7, 2009 2:18 AM EDT
ska63: You are wrong! Jesus was a Jew. He was a decendant of King David and he lived in Israel! He was born in Bethlehem. He grew up in Nazareth and he live his whole life in Israel, not Africa!
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by paddyhayes May 7, 2009 12:13 AM EDT
If it weren't for Liberals, we'd all be singing "God Save the Queen".

Just sayin'...
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by paddyhayes May 7, 2009 12:10 AM EDT
Jesus likes big breasts.

He can't figure out why his dad didn't give out more of them.
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by Solarrays247 May 7, 2009 12:08 AM EDT
Posted by fed_up_w_gay-liberal_BS at 4:32 PM : May 6, 2009

Are you finished with your rant?

First of all, I am none of the things that you accused me of......:)

I admire truth, honesty, and courage in individuals.

Bush stated on public television that God spoke to him on many matters.

Bush invaded a country that was NOT responsible for murdering 3000 of my fellow citizens, while the guilty ones were allowed to escape into the mountains of a totally different country!

Bush has caused grievous heartache to thousands upon thousands upon thousands of innocent people. I care not for your excuses on Bush's behalf.....THE BUCK STOPS AT THE TOP!

I stand by everything else that I have stated on this message board.

This poor girl would have been found out sooner or later. It just happened sooner.

You don't like my message? Tough. Get over it.
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by cs4466 May 6, 2009 11:41 PM EDT
Is getting a chest "enhancement" what Jesus would do? Seems blasphemous to me.
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by paddyhayes May 6, 2009 11:39 PM EDT
From some of the posts here (not to speak of Li'l Miss DreamJeans' "indiscretion"), I can see why Gandhi said "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
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by cs4466 May 6, 2009 11:39 PM EDT
hat can people do to diminish prejudice and discrimination against lesbian, gay, and bisexual people?

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual people who want to help reduce prejudice and discrimination can be open about their sexual orientation, even as they take necessary precautions to be as safe as possible. They can examine their own belief systems for the presence of antigay stereotypes. They can make use of the lesbian, gay, and bisexual community?as well as supportive heterosexual people?for support.

Heterosexual people who wish to help reduce prejudice and discrimination can examine their own response to antigay stereotypes and prejudice. They can make a point of coming to know lesbian, gay, and bisexual people, and they can work with lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals and communities to combat prejudice and discrimination. Heterosexual individuals are often in a good position to ask other heterosexual people to consider the prejudicial or discriminatory nature of their beliefs and actions. Heterosexual allies can encourage nondiscrimination policies that include sexual orientation. They can work to make coming out safe. When lesbians, gay men, and bisexual people feel free to make public their sexual orientation, heterosexuals are given an opportunity to have personal contact with openly gay people and to perceive them as individuals.

Studies of prejudice, including prejudice against gay people, consistently show that prejudice declines when members of the majority group interact with members of a minority group. In keeping with this general pattern, one of the most powerful influences on heterosexuals? acceptance of gay people is having personal contact with an openly gay person. Antigay attitudes are far less common among members of the population who have a close friend or family member who is lesbian or gay, especially if the gay person has directly come out to the heterosexual person.
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by fed_up_w_gay-liberal_BS May 6, 2009 8:09 PM EDT
boatdocster...
Now listen carefully...I have not 'implied' anything and am not responsible for your narrow minded assumptions and interpretations. I said exactly what I mean which I am sure was very clear and obvious to anyone who is not looking to falsely interpret to serve their own purpose or defend the rediculously obvious nonsense orchestrated by Perez Hilton and perpetuated as described.
The point here which you are obviously choosing to ignore is that there have been orchestrated and obvious injustices that are not being questioned or addressed. AND why was she immediately attacked, slandered and judged for voicing her personal opinion to a question that ONLY she was asked, that never should have been asked in the first place. Followed by an "after the fact" investigation obviously for the purpose of vindictively looking to demean and harm her. Ask yourself this...How many other contestants were asked that question or even one like it? Then ask yourself how many other contestants did they look to dredge up anything they could find to demean or harm?
Do you really believe that all the other contestants are saints with no perverbial skeletons to dredge up if anyone wanted to?
Do me and yourself a favor and read all three of my posts carefully (including this one) WITHOUT interpreting them before you decide to further embarass yourself.
PS: I think it's shameful that you attempted to use the 'race card' unjustifiably but I am not surprised. Your assumptions, narrow-mindedness, and sarcasm speak for themselves.
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by fed_up_w_gay-liberal_BS May 6, 2009 7:32 PM EDT
'Mr. "God speaks to me" Bush has them all beat.......4000+ young military personnel, and thousands upon thousands of innocent Iraqi men, women, children, infants, and the elderly have lost their lives on a war based on lies.....perhaps Mr. Bush misunderstood God's message, ya think?...Posted by Solarrays247'

The above quote from 'Solarrays247' is just another example of the rampid, mindless, self-indulgent, name-calling, hipocritical attacks that are so popular among gays, liberals, atheists and agnostics. Now before anyone starts assuming and jumping to any conclusions (another trait so popular among the aforementioned groups), I am NOT defending Bush, nor am I advocating any political or religious stance. I am merely holding up a mirror and letting his statement speak for itself. Let's examine it: 'Mr. "God speaks to me" Bush'...Mr. Bush or President Bush would have sufficed. The sarcastic name-calling is obviously unnecessary and a typical and adolescent trait.
Let's examine it further: '4000+ young military personnel, and thousands upon thousands of innocent Iraqi men, women, children, infants, and the elderly have lost their lives on a war based on lies'...an unoriginal slanted statement right out of some liberal press article that Solarrays obviously "bought into" and mindlessly and judgementally repeats, inferring complete blame on Mr. Bush. Even the uneducated and judgemental people among us know that no ONE person is responsible for all the events, circumstances, and decisions involving this war. Afterall, this IS a Democracy. Were not living in a Dictatorship...yet. I suspect that if Solarrays and anyone who shares that mindset took the time and trouble to properly research the subject with an OPEN mind, visit Iraq and/or speak to the Iraqi people and the military (theirs and ours) who are directly involved and affected, they wouldn't have such a closed-minded, self-serving and judgemental perspective. It should be obvious to a deaf, dumb, and blind person at this point that the aforementioned groups by virtue of using THEIR liberal mainstream media as a tool, attack and discredit anyone and anything that doesn't agree with or fit their PERSONAL agendas. Case in point: There were numerous news reports/articles today which were tactful and uncritical toward Mr. Obama despite the fact that it involved an ordered airstrike in Afganistan which killed more civilian men, women, and children than any time since the war began. Mr. Obama is afterall a product of our Liberal media and contingency and we wouldn't want to "bad mouth" our own now, would we? Unlike the negatively slanted and critical reports/articles under Bush's watch. Let's just be real and recognize the painfully obvious for what it is. Just like that rediculously obvious and vindictive nonsense regarding Miss California. Even some of my friends that are gay liberals recognize, are fed up with and embarassed by the blatant BS and hipocrisy and realize how counter productive it is to any quest for 'tolerance' and 'rights'! Seems to me that the self induced above described actions and mindsets of these groups and the media lends new meaning to "being your own worst enemy". I can only hope that this is recognized and addressed by a majority within these groups soon or I suspect we'll all pay a much dearer price for our ignorance and stupidity than we already have.
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by DennisinSF May 6, 2009 7:25 PM EDT
Hey, Ms. C -
Payback's a B-

Fill in the blanks yourself -
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by toldyouso29 May 6, 2009 7:24 PM EDT
Miss Prejean is now in hot water for lying on her 12 page contract that says all would be contestants sign a contract which states that they have never posed for nude or semi nude photos. the contract also forbids commercial or ad appearances without the pageants permission. according to pageant officials, Prejean violated several clauses in her contract.

Now...Prejean must be one of those new republican like Christians, you know the type?: that believe lying,torture and wars are okay...as long as they profit from it. LMAO
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by jankebenzone May 6, 2009 6:28 PM EDT
I'm always amazed when folks quote "Jesus" as if they really truly beyond any doubt believe what they are saying is true, when historical records indicate quite clearly that then King Augustine held a conference in the year 1050 where almost all of the then current religions of the time were combined into one and the "bible" was rewritten according to his wishes. Records also indicate this was about the 100th time it was rewritten.

I just wish they'd keep their sickness to themselves.
Posted by nofoolling

King Augustine? ?? bible rewritten??? oh oh ! either somebody forgot to lock the door on their way out of the loony bin, or another biblical "fool" is here
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by Solarrays247 May 6, 2009 6:05 PM EDT
Miss Prejean should just remember that Jesus himself said in Matthew 5: 11 - 12 " Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, ----- "and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake." ----- Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so they persecuted they the prophets which were before you."
Posted by ladypirate2


Surely, Jesus was not speaking of individuals who are willing to do anything to make their mark under the sun, including lying about their past?

If Ms. Prejean had been crowned Miss USA, how long do you think it would have taken before these same half-nude photos would have made an appearance, anyway? And then there might have been an even bigger scandal!

What is so difficult to understand that these photos would probably have been exposed to the public regardless?

The best thing for Ms. Prejean to do might be to humble herself, and apologize for lying to the Miss California pageant officials, and use this as a lesson for other young women. She could have taken the "higher road" with this situation, and perhaps even earn back the respect and credibility she evidently, along with the publicity, craves.
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