Since the weekend i've seen news stories on TV, headlines on the internet and even stories in our local news paper concerning the fallout from Miss California, Carrie Prejean, and her response to to a "celebrity" judge's question at the Miss USA pageant.  Perez Hilton, who has been seen in public wearing a pink page boy haircut wig, t-shirt and pink underwear, felt compelled to choose a question related to his own choice of life styles and asked Miss Prejean what she felt about same sex marriage.  It would appear Miss Prejean was a bit shocked by this question, seeing how Miss USA generally is a glorified bikini contest where you are asked about saving puppies and feeding the poor rather than major social issues...but Hilton chose to go there.

Miss Prejean stumbled through her answer, probably more out of shock, but was gracious and thoughtful in saying that she personally disagrees with same sex unions...and it was an opinion question.  Apparently Hilton didn't like her opinion and went online that night and filmed a hate filled rant where he called her a "b****" and then a few days later went on to call her a "c***" for good measure.  Sadly he has now received support from the likes of Britney Spears (not surprising) and Miley Cirus (yes, Hannah Montana) according to a World Net Daily article.

I was like many who believe in traditional moral and family values in being angry by this reaction by such a person on a young lady who claims that her faith is the platform for what she believes...but not so much anymore.  I see how Perez Hilton was and is acting, and i also think about the many riots and attacks on people in San Francisco after Prop. 8 was passed and i see the heart of the matter.

I'm accused of being hate driven and hateful because i stand by traditional moral values and refuse to budge from what God calls a sin in His word, yet all i see is hate in response to that.  When the group of Christians trying to worship and witness in San Francisco's Castro district was attacked, physically and in some cases wounded, that was hate driven.  When worshippers at various churches in California have protestors standing outside their services yelling obscenities because they will not budge to worldly standards, that is hate driven.  And when this Perez Hilton attacks this young lady who has morals and standards that are admirable and respectable in such a vile way...it is hate driven. 

I'm no longer getting upset about how homosexual activists attack those of us who stand for what is right...because they are showing their real heart, and it is one filled with hate.  Instead, i hurt for them because they are the ones who need to know what love truly is (1 John 4).