Carrie Prejean, who is Miss California, created a stir when she expressed support for marriage only being between a man and a woman at the Miss USA pageant. The National Organization for Marriage quickly adopted her as a spokesperson in their new ad, called “No Offense.” While they chose to focus on Carrie’s opinions about marriage, I chose to focus on her other exploits in this parody of the original that I created.
Note: I ask for donations at the website specified in the ad, but with tongue in cheek. In reality, any donations made would go towards support of the artist who produced all of this (me) and not to any actual organization or charity.
The video might be considered a bit racy for some, but it’s all in jest. If NOM should happen to take issue with it, well, let me just state for the record – “no offense.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3omL6kCa3I
Update: I found a copy of NOM’s original ad on YouTube.
I love it. Absolutely hilarious.
In the original NOM ad they conveniently edit her when she said, “In my country” and that we have a right to choose straight or gay marriage. Those parts were taken out. Her exact quote was:
“We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised.”
I have no problem with her beliefs, but what I found offensive was that she said first, that “we live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage.” From her words to God’s ears. I am in a binational relationship and trust me when I say, I do not live in a land where I can choose. Even if California’s Supreme Court overturned Prop 8 it would not change my situation. It would not give me the right to choose. In essense, the would still government choose for me.
Second, she said, “In my country” She needs to take her Brady Bunch, Leave It to Beaver glasses off and take a real look at what country she lives in.
Finally, it amazes me that NOM would have her as a spokesperson, but seeing how desperate they are it probably isn’t that much of a surprise. But the Miss Anything Pageant is not about intelligence. It’s not about what charities they work with, or how they are humanitarians, etc. It’s about T & A and a pretty face. Let’s face it, no matter how charitable and Christ-like someone may be, they wouldn’t award the Miss Anything award to some Mother Theresa look alike. To have her be the spokesperson for their organization, they are distorting their own message.
p.s. Emily: I love the ad!
This…is…hilarious! Thank you!
During Sarah Palin’s campaign, Slate magazine had a *really* interesting article on the Sexy Puritan archetype that’s becoming so common in conservative Evanglical Christiantity. Carrie Prejean is another link in that chain. I strongly advise reading this.
“Marriage is between one (no doubt over-bearing and much older) man and one uneducatable girl-woman plumped up with silicone and wearing a swimsuit the size of an eye-patch.”
Begs the question: What Would Jesus Wear While Swimming?
I suspect, not that.
As if life wasn’t complicated enough… now we have to deal with Harlots for Jesus.
I. give. up.
ps noice Emily, very noice. Cheered us greatly 🙂