I couldn't possibly care less about this girl getting to play the victim card for the rest of her 15 minutes of fame...
But just one thing that really bothers me in your premise that she 'has the same right to voice her opinion.'
Of course she does. The "gays are stifling free speech" thing is one of the wingnuts favorite straw men. Nobody has claimed that she doesn't have the right to say what she said, just as during the Prop 8 campaign, nobody claimed that those supporting Prop 8 had no right to speak what they believed.
What they're confusing it with however, is that they don't have some new unfettered right to speak without consequences that none of the rest of us have. Those who were boycotted after they donated money to Prop 8 want to pretend they’re the victims. Nobody claimed they didn’t have a ‘right’ to do what they did – but we certainly also have the right to hold people accountable for their opinions. If you put your money where your mouth is, don’t get all mad when people put their money where their mouth is by refusing to give you any of it anymore. Boo-hoo. Man up and accept the consequences of your actions.
So, long story short – great for Carrie that she keeps her title even though she’s violated several terms of the pageant contract – that’s largely irrelevant to me….just wanted to point out that every argument about “freedom of speech” in this situation, Prop 8, and in general anything to do with gay rights, is a total straw man, since I've yet to see a single instance in America of free speech actually being denied. Freedom to say what you want to say is not the same thing as freedom to be able to do it without consequences. Simple stuff, really.
Sorry her opinion is an increasingly unpopular one and she got her feet held to the fire for it.
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