There’s been a lot of controversy about anti-gay marriage statements and support by Carrie Prejean, a Miss USA contestant from California. As you may know, she declared her opposition to same-sex marriage and has subsequently unveiled an ad (below) called “No Offense” in which she stars in, which ultimately tries to scare the public by twisting the truth.I already said on Twitter that I can’t believe civil rights issues like this are still prevalent amongst society. While I won’t get into the politics of this campaign, I will say that I believe in being unbiased towards mankind, tolerance and love, and equal opportunities. And I thank god for countries like South Africa, Spain, Canada, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway and Sweden who recognize the basic rights that same-sex marriage allows.In Desmond Tutu’s words, “To penalize someone because of their sexual orientation is like what used to happen to us; to be penalized for something which we could do nothing (about) — our ethnicity, our race. I would find it quite unacceptable to condemn, persecute a minority that has already been persecuted.”Of course, this is an American issue and it’s great to see support for LGBT rights and same-sex marriage appearing amongst the political crowd. Just recently, Steve Schmidt (former campaign advisor to Sen. John McCain) was quoted in saying, “It cannot be argued that marriage between people of the same sex is un American or threatens the rights of others. On the contrary, it seems to me that denying two consenting adults of the same sex the right to form a lawful union that is protected and respected by the state denies them two of the most basic natural rights affirmed in the preamble of our Declaration of Independence — liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, I believe, gives the argument of same sex marriage proponents its moral force.”What do you think? ShareThis