“Miss Beverly Hills” Lauren Ashley Believes Gays Should Be “Put to Death”
By: Gay.com
2.25.2010
A 23-year-old California beauty pageant participant who claims to be Miss Beverly Hills 2010, Lauren Ashley is drawing comparisons to former Miss California Carrie Prejean for her harsh homophobic comments. As 365Gay.com puts it, : “What is it about beauty queens from California, and 1. Having dead eyes and 2. Hating the gays?”
“The Bible says that marriage is between a man and a woman. In Leviticus it says, ‘If man lies with mankind as he would lie with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death and their blood shall be upon them.’ The Bible is pretty black and white. ... I feel like God himself created mankind and he loves everyone, and he has the best for everyone. If he says that having sex with someone of your same gender is going to bring death upon you, that’s a pretty stern warning, and he knows more than we do about life.”
In an interesting turn of events, the hateful beauty queen’s comment sparked an immediate point of clarification from the California city Ashley claimed to represent. The Advocate reports, “Beverly Hills officials released a statement saying the city was shocked by Ashley’s position and by her supposed title as Miss Beverly Hills. The city ‘does not sponsor a beauty pageant and has no association with Miss California USA,’ the statement said.’As such, there should be no individual claiming the title of Miss Beverly Hills.” In fact, according to Beverly Hills officials, Ashley lives in Pasadena, Calif., and, therefore ‘does not represent Beverly Hills in any capacity.’
"’We are dismayed by any potential association with the city of Beverly Hills, which has a long history of tolerance and respect,’ Mayor Nancy Krasne said.”
Ms. Ashley goes on to speak of her admiration for Prejean, her resolve to stay a virgin until marriage, and her party pal Paris Hilton in the Fox News interview.
Keith Olberman and Dan Savage discuss the controversial contestant below:
