Penn Jillette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nJillette asked her whether burning religious items, like the Koran, should have the same protection under the constitution as flag burning.<\/p>\n
It’s really a lose-lose situation for the competitor because either side she comes down on the issue she will probably offend someone.<\/p>\n
Durham opined that burning the Koran shouldn’t be protected because it goes too far, which angered Jillette.<\/p>\n
“I ‘judged’ Miss USA. ‘Miss’ TN was asked about burning the Koran and she negated the whole First Amendment. (Expletive) … Glad to help her lose,” he tweeted.<\/p>\n
The show producers and Jillette ARE to blame for this mess, however, as the question shouldn’t have been a part of the competition or he should have refused to ask it.<\/p>\n
Shouldn’t the criteria for these pageants be about the women being beautiful inside and out along with having qualities like being smart and talented?<\/p>\n
That’s enough for me.<\/p>\n
Better next time they have the half of the magic duo who doesn’t talk as a judge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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