Pornography

A teen beauty queen has been stripped of her title because pageant officlals learned that last summer she participated in a porn movie.  There was a heated debate on the afternoon news yesterday about this decision and about the culpability of this 18-year-old who held the title of Miss Delaware Teen USA.

One voiced her opinion that the young woman should not be held responsible because she grew up in the foster system, and when she was offered the money she could not understand that it was wrong.  Another voiced her opinion that it was certainly a wrong decision but that given the girl's circumstances, leniency might have been better.

When the girl was asked why she had agreed to such a thing, she said, "Well, it sounded like fun."  In tweets, she commented, "Be strong, life has a funny way of working out. Kim K made it and now is one of the most powerful women in the US."  She refers to Kim Kardashian whose raunchy video with Ray J propelled her to notoriety.  She followed up by saying, "Everybody makes bad decisions.  Nobodies perfect." 

The first runner-up will now hold the title of Miss Delaware Teen USA, and the deposed winner has been offered $250,000 to be a spokesperson for a porn site.

So on the one hand, she seems to be saying that she made a bad decision, and on the other hand, she seems to be saying that she may be following right in Kim Kardashian's footsteps toward a position of power.  I wasn't aware that Ms. Kardashian had any power, other than apparently to mislead the youth of the country like many others before her.

Well, the only power that is conferred in the pornography industry has nothing to do with the spokespersons or the actors.  And ultimately, when we are 18 years old, we are considered well old enough to be accountable for our decisions.  There is the road that leads to the ideals that most beauty pageants claim to promote, and there is the road that leads to destruction.  She picked one of them, but I pray that this young woman comes around and figures this thing out.  We know that she always has that choice.  Don't you worry for the youth of our country? 

There was that old song, "Where have all the flowers gone ..."  Where have all the morals gone?

The love of money, root of all evil, right?  The Bible tells it truthfully.

Who, by the way, is Ray J?