Modesty, Morality and Miss America

I had purposed NOT to write anything about the recent “Miss USA Controversy” wherein Miss California gave a politically incorrect response to a loaded question posed to her by an openly homosexual judge.  In fact I had written this entire sorry episode off in my mind as yet another manufactured faux outrage for the militant-homosexual lobby to latch upon to further their spurious agenda, and as yet another opportunity for the shameless victim-mentality religio-moralists to seize upon and cry “persecution, persecution!!” - albeit with a glimmer in their eye as they soaked up the sight of all those near-naked ladies parading their bodies around the stage, leaving little to the imagination.

But after reading a post by Ingrid Schlueter over at Slice of Laodicea I decided to share her insightful commentary for the benefit of DefCon’s readership.

In her post entitled “What Crown are we Seeking?” Ingrid rightly observes:

On the Crosstalk Show today, host Vic Eliason discussed the Miss USA controversy. The phone calls and emails received have been overwhelmingly supportive and grateful to hear someone actually speak the obvious: Public defenders of biblical morality should actually wear clothes while doing it.

It beggars belief that something so obvious must now be explained to Christians, when at one time, the world itself would have objected to Miss California’s near nudity at the pageant. The tolerance of nudity and immodesty in the world is of little surprise. That God’s people see nothing wrong with a woman professing Christ while standing nearly naked before the likes of Perez Hilton for his judgment on her “beauty” demonstrates how far down we have sunk.

God’s definition of beauty has always run absoluteley counter to that of the world.  A blood-washed believer, wearing the righteousness of Christ, should care nothing for the beauty “crowns” given by the world. The only crown that we should seek after is the one that St. Paul mentioned in the Bible.

“Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”

–2 Timothy 4:8

A reader sent me the transcript of Prejean’s comment – what one group called a “bold witness.” The reader interspersed the statement with some good observations, in bold type.  This is what is being called “bold” today: 

“Well, I think it’s great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. (Really? That’s great? It’s actually disgusting and against God’s definition of marriage. She needs to repent from such comments. She should pray for wisdom as well) Um, we live in a land that you can choose same sex marriage or opposite marriage.(Being able to “choose” shows how far our country has slid from God’s enduring commands. She should have started the sentence with “Sadly, …” In not doing so, she is sending a mixed message) And, you know what? In my country, and in my family, I think (It doesn’t matter what she thinks, or what I think. What matters is what the Word of God says about the matter) that I believe (see previous comment) that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense(Jesus was the Rock of offense, and Christian positions on topics such as gay marriage will be offensive as well. It’s an occupational hazard) to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised and that’s how I think (again, doesn’t matter what she thinks) that it should be – between a man and a woman (Biblically, the only way it can be). Thank you.”

For more on this subject from a Biblical perspective I also recommend a related post at Slice entitled Miss USA Controversy – A Pastor Responds  written by Pastor Larry DeBruyn of Franklin Road Baptist Church in Indianapolis, IN.