JoeB131
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- Jul 11, 2011
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What is your opinion about the contestant winner’s statement that she was not less than the other contestants but “was more” ? This is what it boils down to in my mind and there are many like me who are live and let live as long as we’re not stepping on each other’s toes. Don’t try to tell me how to live and I won’t try to tell you had live your life, as long as we are not committing crimes against others.
Okay, not seeing how she is stepping on anyone's toes... beyond that it was a contest, and by definition, contests have winners and losers.
ust like I don’t see the fairness in forcing a business owner to make a cake that is against his or her religious views, it should be up to the pageant if they’re going to change their rules. One national pageant has stayed strong against changing the rules- court ruled against claim of discrimination not allowing trans to enter. I have not read the rules of this particular pageant but evidently allowed for transgender entries.
But that cuts both ways... When it comes down to brass tacks, government has to balance competing interests. Your right to be a nasty bigot cake shop owner vs. a couple's right to go into a store and be able to access services. If the Baker really thinks baking a cake offends his sky pixie, he has the option of doing something for a living that doesn't offend a pixie in the sky.
My point about making separate contests is reasonable and fair, as opposed to forcing a change of rules due to having a segment of the society that backs you. If you have a good imagination just think of where that could lead. All businesses should be allowed to create their own rules so I have kind of backed off a bit about this specific pageant. My point is no contestant should be “allowed” to force the pageant to change the rules so they can enter; find a pageant that allows it where all contestants going in are aware of this fact.
You know, for a long time, they wouldn't let black women compete in Ms. America contests. They had their own "Ms. Black America" pageant, and that was good enough.