And the answer is....

Imagine my utter shock and surprise when I turned on my computer the morning after the Miss America Pageant, I found that yet another candidate's chances at success and fame had been dashed because of her answer to the all important question and answer round. Can you tell I'm not really into the pageant stuff? Anyway, it seemed that Miss California didn't answer a question the way the judge wanted. Now whether or not her opinion cost her the crown, I can't say but I do have to give her props for her answering according to her convictions/beliefs. She didn't take the easy-way-out, the politically correct way, or the middle-of-the-road way out. So good for her.

So, being one to learn from other people's mistakes, I have thought about this question/issue and have crafted my answer so that when I am the Miss America candidate I will be ready. Here's the script.

Billy Bush
"The next question will be presented to Miss Kentucky. Miss Kentucky, your question will come from (reaches into fish bowl and pulls out the judge's name) Judge number 8, Perez Hilton.

Perez Hilton
"Thank you. Miss Kentucky, recently...blah, blah, filler facts. Do you believe that all 50 states should pass laws to allow same-sex marriages?"

Miss Kentucky
(Big bright smile) "Thank you for that question. I would have to say that if marriage is looked at in strictly the religious sense, that no, same-sex marriages should not be allowed."

Billy Bush
(Reaching for the microphone) "Well, thank you Miss Kentucky." (Smiling with a 'You effed that up' look on his face)

Miss Kentucky
(Throwing a polite elbow to maintain control of the microphone) "Excuse me (with the best southern accent) but I'm not quite finished. As I was saying, if you look at this strictly in a religious sense, no. However at some point in our history, it was decided that marriage is not a strictly religious ceremony or institution. Government decided that marriage need to be regulated and required that a couple get a 'marriage license' before they get married. Then the Government decided that if two people decided they couldn't live together anymore, they had to appear before a judge and have hearings with attorneys about every little part of the marriage. When this happened marriage became a legal/civil institution. When that occurred, marriage should have been open to all couples, not just male-female couples. If not, you have Government discriminating against a specific group of people. If Government can't discriminate, legally, against it's citizenry, how can they limit marriage, a legal/civil institution? So until the Government gives up the regulation of marriage and control of the dissolution thereof, marriage should be allowed between any two people with all the martial rights currently accorded to male-female couples. This is what I think. I also want world peace. Thank you."

That's my answer and the way I feel about this issue. So do you think I will win Miss America?