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After being out of town for a while last week I was pretty out of the loop with what has been going on in the world (i.e. in pop culture).  I am now aware that Miss California is against gay marriage and only supports “opposite marriage.”  I have seen Perez and her be interviewed and I have heard commentators and I guess I find it all a little shocking. Am I shocked that Miss California is a homophobe?  No.  In truth, there is a large proportion of the American population that is against gay marriage and homophobic.  During my conference, I learned that the more educated a population is, the more tolerant they are.  Makes sense. So here is the shocker - who ever thought that Miss America was smart?  I think it is hilarious that Perez is upset because this woman, as Miss America, represents our country.  I mean it is unfortunately ironic since in truth she does (see above).  But it is truly funny that he could think this antiquated competition produces women who are in any way representative of Americans. At the most basic level, Miss America looks hot in a swim suit.  The majority of Americans are obese - they would FAIL the swimsuit competition.  I am not sure how they would fare on the talent competition - there are a lot of good contestants on America’s Got Talent and American Idol.   Which brings me back to my original premise - Miss America (which I think is still a scholarship contest?) has never struck me as identifying the 50 smartest women in America.  I saw some clips of the other contestants attempt to answer questions and it was not pretty.  And let us not forget Tara Conners. And the greatest shocker - who ever thought that Miss America contestants were liberal?  I find it hard to believe that liberal families or liberal women would strut their stuff in a bikini to be judged by Perez.  In fact, we all know who raises these pageant beauties.  They are the same trainwrecks that we see trying to force their little girls to sex it up for baby pageants.  I can think of two shows alone that highlight these “pageant” parents. So, in short, Miss California’s views are not surprising.  What is surprising is how much attention it got.  Who cares about Miss America?  Especially when Gossip Girl was a new episode this past Monday after a several week hiatus.  Let’s hear it for hunky Gabriel!!

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