Carrie Prejean brings 'opposite marriage' message to NC Conservative Leadership Conference

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by: Pam Spaulding


Dammit, instead of going to the animal shelter to see the dogs, Kate and I should have taken the opportunity to rub shoulders with the queen of Opposite Marriage in the wingnut movement, disgraced Miss California Carrie Prejean, who was in the Triangle to stimulate intellectual discussion during her lunch keynote at the 4th Annual NC Conservative Leadership Conference, sponsored by the John William Pope Civitas Institute.

This is a gathering of the good-old-boy set and economic/fiscal conservative crowd.

According to the N&O, Prejean gave the usual stump speech about being persecuted for her beliefs about marriage by the Miss USA Pageant. I doubt her Piousness brought up her topless modeling photos or the contract terms she broke that caused pageant officials to yank her crown. Also, a group of progressives from Durham attended as the eyes and ears of the reality-based residents in the state.

"It has illuminated why the extreme right-wing grass-roots are so cynical and hateful," said Lanya Shapiro, executive director of Traction Action Fund, a social network of activists. here's Traction on FB

"Their leaders call the left evil and power-grabbing," Shapiro said. "We want to know what we're up against."

Friday featured Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform along with the author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam," Robert Spencer. How could I have missed the "Ongoing Terror Symposium"?

And it does seem more likely her breaking the rules was why she was, eh, stripped of her title.