http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20090422/NEWS0201/904220335Lawmaker supports Calif. beauty queen
By Sebastian Kitchen • April 22, 2009
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State Rep. Jay Love, R-Montgomery, has drafted a resolution supporting Miss California USA, who was criticized for saying she believes marriage should be between a man and a woman.
Miss California Carrie Prejean was asked during the Miss USA 2009 Pageant on Sunday if she supported legalizing gay marriage. Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton, who is gay and was a judge at the competition, asked the question.
"I think it's great Americans are able to choose one or the other," Prejean said. "We live in a land that you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And you know what, in my country, in my family I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody there, but that's how I was raised, and that's how I think it should be, between a man and a woman."
Some people have criticized her for the comments.
Love said there are those "telling people what they can believe and what they can say," which he said is wrong.
He said she is being punished for saying marriage is between a man and a woman.
"I don't believe that's right," Love said.
The former Republican congressional nominee for the 2nd Congressional District said he supports Prejean for standing by her beliefs and not giving the politically correct answer.
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State Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, said the resolution would not pass.
He said Prejean is associated with right-wing organizations in California and said she supports discrimination.
"I am not for the Alabama Legislature honoring her in any kind of way," Holmes said.