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"If someone is standing up for how they feel and talking about their beliefs, why are we punishing her for that?" Harmon, 36, told Usmagazine.com Tuesday at the opening of the Malibu Lumber Yard in Calif. "I just don't understand how we've gotten to a place in America where, if someone doesn't agree with everyone, then they are punished for it."
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Prejean, 21, insists her controversial answer "cost" her the crown. ( Shanna Moakler , director of the Miss California USA pageant, denies this.)
Said Harmon, "I heard something in the car on the way over here, and it was like, 'She wasn't punished,' but she lost because of it. So she was punished."
"I find it incredibly disappointing," she went on. "I mean, that is what she thinks. That's what she believes. I'm not going to punish anyone for that. I don't know if she lost because of it, but if she did, I think that is very disappointing. In the Miss USA, she can't stand up for what she thinks or what she believes in? I don't understand that."
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Harmon told Us she disagreed with those - including judge Perez Hilton , who posed the question - who said Prejean should have given a middle-of-the-road answer.
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"People say she has to be PC ... no," Harmon said. "She's standing up for what she believes in. She didn't come out and say, 'I hate gay people.' That's not what she said at all. I think it's sad, I really do."
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MikeOn the contrary, I would love to @#$%^Angie's brains out!report abuseposted December 14, 2009 8:58 PM PST
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MikeOn the contrary, I would love to @#$%^Angie's brains out!report abuseposted December 14, 2009 8:58 PM PST
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hookempope- YOU GAY LIBERALS need to wake up and realize you dont need to bash your lifestyle down everyones throats. We live in America right? We have a right to our opinion nad we dont have to agree w/yours.report abuseposted April 30, 2009 9:11 PM PDT
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Phil MShe lost to a better contestant. Nobody wants to talk about how she wasn't winning before the question... People have been making the same lame excuses for witholding rights from all sorts of people. It used to be that whites and blacks couldn't marry because it wasn't natural... Religion has been perversed and bastardized by people who want to make money off of it.report abuseposted April 30, 2009 5:04 PM PDT
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CrazyhollywoodI am not Republican but Miss California had every right to give her honest opinion. If Perez "Nobody" Hilton didn't want to hear what she had to say, then he/she/it shouldn't have asked the question!!!!! Simple!report abuseposted April 29, 2009 7:14 PM PDT
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Ryder BI agree with freedom of speech and freedom of beliefs- but Angie Harmon is an out of work actress and and ugly %@!*#!!!report abuseposted April 29, 2009 6:14 PM PDT
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luvsports7so miss juju "Re-writing laws to fit a small, vocal segment of society "is" discriminatory'' big statement don't ya think? Considering that there is alot of gay people who aren't out, probably because of people like you. Oh yeah just let you know homosexuality is found in every species on earth, but your right we shouldn't givereport abuseposted April 29, 2009 4:57 PM PDT
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BrandiHI agree with Angie Harmon. If things were truly equal, there should have been outcry because Perez Hilton is offensive to me. His view offends me. His reaction to her answer offends. So shouldn't he also be thrown under the bus with Miss USA?report abuseposted April 29, 2009 4:17 PM PDT
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hookemthis is AMERICA --not Iran. We are supposed to be allowed to state our beliefs without being crucified, and just b/c we dont agree with Perez - doesnt mean we are monsters. Since when does having a different opinion deserve this kind of bashing??? Perez is a pathetic, no class, human being. Shame on him!report abuseposted April 29, 2009 12:55 PM PDT
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hookemJuJu you are RIGHT ONreport abuseposted April 29, 2009 12:55 PM PDT
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