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Jan 26, 2012

As the entertainment industry continues to push the envelope in the media, a Christian leader says the Miss America pageants are doing likewise.

This year, California welcomed its first openly "gay" Miss California USA candidates -- 26-year-old Jenelle Hutcherson of Long Beach and Mollie Thomas of West Hollywood. The two women were approached by pageant recruiters, and they are the first lesbians ever allowed to participate in the 60-year-old state pageant.

The openly homosexual co-executive of the California pageant says the competition will continue to "emphasize individuality and push the envelope even further." But Ron Prentice of the California Family Council does not see a reason to celebrate the lifestyle.

Ron Prentice (CEO, Calif. Family Council)"A few voices in positions of leadership disallow or drown out the prevailing perspectives of the people. In this case, the people of America continue to hold man-woman marriage up as something worthy of promoting and protecting," he notes.

The change comes just three years after California's 2009 winner, Carrie Prejean, was criticized for her statements favoring traditional marriage. Pageant judge and gossip blogger Perez Hilton, a homosexual, asked Prejean about same-sex "marriage" laws in the U.S. and deemed her traditional view prejudiced. She was later stripped of her Miss California USA crown for alleged breaches of contract.

Prentice asserts that the leadership of the pageant has had a pro-homosexual agenda for years.

"You're talking about leadership that is in the entertainment field. And most of the time, it's about pushing the envelope." As things progress, he predicts, "You'll be looking at potentially not only lesbians, but the definition of gender in particular."