This is officially a trend: following in the footsteps of Carrie Prejean, “Miss Beverly Hills” Lauren Ashley—apparently a real title, though the city of Beverly Hills has distanced itself from her—has come out in defense of all that is moral and just in the world and against the looming menace of gay marriage.

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Ashley had previously stated that she believed the Bible was clear that homosexuality is a sin, interpreting the statements in the Old Testament as “If man lies with mankind as he would lie with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death and their blood shall be upon them.” She later spoke to her local NBC affiliate to clarify her statements, and isn’t stepping back. Asked whether she could remember the passage in the Bible that condemns homosexuality, she says yes, only to mutter to herself a bit and answer hastily, ”it’s in Leviticus,” and restates that her belief that it is a sin stems from being Christianity. The funny thing about this isn’

t even that she can’t remember a statement she claims to know by heart several seconds before, it’s that Leviticus is in the Old Testament, which the New Testament more or less completely disavows (that’s what the whole “let he without sin cast the first stone” part is about, though she may have skimmed that), but maybe we’re expecting too much from her. Watch her response below:

You know who would have prevented Ashley from making a fool of herself and having the pageant disassociate itself from her? A sassy gay friend.
Tags: Carrie Prejean, gay rights, Religion, same sex marriage