Miss California: critics together have the right to speak..

Before now, still “Osama bin Laden” knows Miss California Carrie Prejean likely lost the 2009 Miss USA crown to North Carolina's Kristen Dalton because Prejean suggested marriage should be flanked by a man and a woman - a notion held by a majority of Californians, based on last November's vote there to illegalize gay marriage.

Gay activist Perez Hilton and Michael Musto -both of whom, I'm sure, advocate tolerance and respect for diverse views -- right away attacked Prejean as being stupid and such because she gave an opinion different from their own.

Days later an important person posted online photographs of Prejean in her undies to embarrass her and strip her of the Miss California title. Fortunately, Donald Trump, who owns the rights to Miss USA, said the photos of Prejean weren't bad and she could keep her crown.

So if all this hullabaloo boils down to questions and answers, let's analyze them. Here's Prejean's answer to whether gay marriage should be lawful nationwide:

"Well, I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one way or the other," she said. "We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or conflicting marriage. You know what, in my country, in my family, I do believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense to anybody out there. But that's how I was raised and I believe that it should be between a man and a woman."

Opposite marriage? Anyway, her answer is flawed precisely because a majority of states don't recognize same-sex marriage, therefore homosexuals can't choose it.

However, she deliberately went out of her way not to offend anyone, and deferentially stated her belief.

Nobody mentions how Kristen Dalton answered her question, asked by actress Kelly Monaco: Do you believe taxpayers' money should be used to bail out struggling U.S. companies?

Dalton responded: "No. ... Taxpayers' money should go toward bettering our educations and school systems, and welfare and the health care system, and that's what our taxpayer money .