It’s Good To Take a Stand For Marriage
The reason that Carrie Prejean is in the news is not only for the fact that she is good looking and was Miss California—it’s that she was almost Miss USA (or at least that’s what many said) but for an answer she gave to Perez Hilton about same-sex marriage.
In her interview portion, Hilton asked Prejean what she thought about Proposition 8, the California proposition that would have legalized same-sex marriage, but was rejected by the voters of the state. Prejean stated that she believed marriage was between a man and a woman.
That’s great—I mean, I agree. It’s the traditional definition, and altering that definition does erode the meaning, even if it doesn’t directly effect my marriage or those around me. The problem is, marriage is already pretty weak as it is.
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Save It For When You’re Married
In the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the two young children that live with their widower father are all excited because they feel that if their father kisses the lovely leading lady then “they’ll have to get married.” Today, the leading lady and man move in together while he’s recovering from a divorce.
Our society has changed a lot over a couple of generations to the point that many of the things that we would expect to hear about self-control and decency we no longer hear.
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Confession Is Not Enough
It’s a given part of human nature. Each and every one of us have sinned. We’ve all “fallen short” to use the concept that Paul uses in the book of Romans.
However, the fact that we all sin is not an excuse for sinning. The grace that God gives us to triumph over any sin is not an excuse to sin more. This is the thrust of the argument that Paul made to the Romans close to 2000 years ago.
So every time I hear someone who was caught doing something wrong saying “I know it’s wrong, but I have a long way to go” in an effort to diffuse a situation, I shake my head.
The whole point of the Christian faith is repentance—a change of direction.
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Anything You Record May Come Back to Haunt You
Carrie Prejean wasn’t the first person to make a recording she thought would remain private, only to find out that it did not. Many people every day are making recordings, taking photographs and writing statements that they believe will only be read, seen and heard by the intended recipients.
Yet, the Internet has proven just how wrong this kind of thinking is.
Reply To All
One of the big things in our present age is the “Reply To All” problem—a nifty feature in most e-mail programs that allows you to broadcast your secrets en masse to everyone on the original e-mail.
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10 Lessons from Carrie Prejean
It occurred to me this morning, as I was preparing for the day, that the situation that Carrie Prejean finds herself in offers us many lessons as to how people, especially Christians, have to live circumspectly in this present age.
Specifically, there are 10 things that I believe that you and I should consider and keep in mind with the culture the way that it is, and over the next few days I’d like to look at them—for some of them we do, some of them we think we’d never do, but we do things like them, and others we need to be aware of.
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Carrie Prejean Teaches Us Another Lesson
The sad part is, it’s no longer shocking. First it was racy photos, and now a “sex tape” that has appeared showing former Miss California, Carrie Prejean, in an erotic display that she says was for a boyfriend at the time, she was alone, and she is a teenager in the video.
The tape surfaced and Miss Prejean was in court against Miss USA for taking away her title—she had previously held the title of Miss California until racy pictures and failure to perform her duties as laid out in her contract had that title taken from her. During the trial, the existence of the tape caused both sides to settle.
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What Do Looks Have to Do With Anything?
It all started with Hillary. We had the discussions about someone that was running for high office could show cleavage, whether they should wear pants-suits, and even some discussion about what a ladylike sitting position is—and this was all before Gov. Sarah Palin even walked onstage.
Indeed, it was obvious to anyone paying attention that the bar was set a little differently for a female than for a male—and I’m not talking pay, I’m talking about a culture that continually objectifies the female sex, as does such a good job at masking it as making women feel good about themselves!
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