Recently, I blogged "And the Truth Shall.........." (4-22-09) about how political correctness and a bigoted judge caused Miss California to lose the Miss USA 2009 pageant title. Since then Carrie Prejean has been urged by a multitude of sympathizers to file a lawsuit. Two reports, one in today's Townhall.com by John McCaslin and the other one from The Gaea News, reveal that the fallout over the controversy is far from over.
JUDGE MARIO by John McCaslin:
The 2009 Miss California controversy isn't going away, with renewed calls for gay activist Perez Hilton, whose real name is Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr.,to apologize to Miss California Carrie Prejean for his "appalling level of vitriol."
Miss Prejean, as everybody has now heard, defended traditional marriage, as did the majority of Californians when confronted with Proposition 8.
To the angst of many, the Miss USA organization has been silent on its judge-instigated assault on one of its beauty queens, as has the National Organization for Women, which has stated previously that it supports "the right of lesbians to live their lives with dignity and security, and the rights of equal marriage for all."
Meanwhile, the Miss USA Web site is being peppered with irate letters from across the country, including one writer who will "never watch Miss USA again. Never!!! And I have noted all of the sponsors and will not support nor provide one cent to their businesses."
The Gaea News reports: Miss USA runner-up could file suit over discrimination says legal analyst.....
..........legal analyst Mercedes Colwin has said that Prejean may have grounds to turn to court.
"It’s her religious beliefs which prompted her to say ‘I don’t believe in same-sex marriages.’ So she was espousing her beliefs," and could sue for a violation of Title VII, which forbids discrimination on the basis of religion," Fox News quoted Colwin as saying.
Colwin added: "If she really feels some tremendous stress as a result of losing - and I’m certain she’s probably devastated from what happened to her - she can articulate a viable claim for monetary compensation for psychic injury."
Colwin also said that "garden-variety psychic injury case" may land Prejean with 50,000-100,000 dollars if she had a medical expert to testify, otherwise she would probably bank less than 25,000 dollars if successful.
However, Judge Andrew Napolitano, senior legal analyst, countered the suggestion saying the suit would land in trash since the government was not involved in the contest and there was no violation of rights in that private enterprise.
EDITOR'S NOTE: In the event that Judge Napolitano is correct, I sure hope that Carrie Prejean will file a defamation lawsuit against Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., aka Perez Hilton. After all, that malicious effeminate twit publicly defamed her by declaring that "Miss California lost because she's a dumb bitch."
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