Strange. That’s the only word for it, Dear Gentle Reader(s).
The link will take you to a U.S. News & World Report blog called “God and Country.” It contains a “Here's the transcript:” section presenting a portion of a radio show presented by James Dobson’s Focus on the Family in which Dobson leads Ms Prejean in a conversation about her brush with the Old Boy himself at a recent beauty pageant.
In case you missed it, here’s the transcript provided by USNWR:
Dobson: It sounded, Carrie, like your first reaction was to hedge, to say "Well, this is a free country" and then something took over.
Prej ean: It really was a switch.
Dobson: And you did one of the most courageous things I've seen anybody your age or anybody else do. What was going on in your mind?
Prejean: I started off by saying I want to win this pageant so bad, I've worked so hard, I wanted to sound politically correct but still stay true to my values. But I just knew at that moment that God was just telling me "Carrie, how bad do you want this? Are you willing to compromise your beliefs for a one year crown of Miss USA." And I just knew right there . . . And I said you know what and the switch went off. And I said, "A marriage should be between a man and a woman and that's how it should be. "
. . . . And I knew there was no way I was going to win Miss USA. No way.
Dobson: So you put it on the line, that's what I mean when I said you're courageous because this was the goal of your life to that point. And yet you gave it up. And yet the Lord is using you all over this country.
Prejean: And we are all faced with that at times. And just by me being here, I want to encourage other people that when you're faced with an issue which you know in your heart what to say, but you're faced with someone asking it, don't ever compromise that just for pleasing them. Your goal should be to please God, not to please man . . . .
Dobson: Why did you give the answer you did with regard to the affirmation of marriage?
Prejean: . . . I felt as though Satan was trying to tempt me in asking me this question. And then God was in my head and in my heart saying, "Do not compromise this. You need to stand up for me and you need to share with all these people . . . you need to witness to them and you need to show that you're not willing to compromise that for this title of Miss USA."
And I knew right here that it wasn't about winning. It was about being true to my convictions.
You gotta love “something took over” and “I felt as though Satan was trying to tempt me” and “then God was in my head and in my heart…”
Kool Aid time.
The magazine’s blog ends with this: “Could Prejean's next job be in Christian media, perhaps on Christian radio?”
As the erstwhile Veep nominee from Alaska would say, “You betcha!” Move over Joe the Plumber.
Trust, but verify. (And good luck getting past God’s Admin Sec for a verification interview!)
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