{"id":2780,"date":"2009-04-24T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2009\/04\/miss-california-appears-at-the.html"},"modified":"2009-04-24T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T12:00:47","slug":"miss-california-appears-at-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2009\/04\/miss-california-appears-at-the.html","title":{"rendered":"Miss California Appears at the Dove Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"prejean.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/imgs\/prejean.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>Miss California, Carrie Prejean, may have lost the Miss USA title for explaining her opposition to same-sex marriage, but it looks like she&#8217;s gained a new gig as Christian idol. After appearing on Fox News, NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today&#8221; and other talk shows to defend her stance, saying she would &#8220;rather be Biblically correct than &#8220;politically correct,&#8221; Prejean was invited <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/article\/20090422\/TUNEIN\/90422117\/1005\/ENTERTAINMENT\" target=\"_blank\">to to appear<\/a> at the Gospel Music Association&#8217;s Dove Awards&#8211;the Christian world&#8217;s Grammys&#8211;on Thursday night. The 21-year-old, who says she&#8217;s a longtime fan of Christian music, introduced a performance by the band MercyMe.<br \/>\nJoanne Brokaw over on Gospel Soundcheck has more on last night&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/04\/brandon-heath-casting-crowns-s.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dove Award winners.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miss California, Carrie Prejean, may have lost the Miss USA title for explaining her opposition to same-sex marriage, but it looks like she&#8217;s gained a new gig as Christian idol. 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