Prejean: 'Satan Set Gay Trap for Me'

She rejected devil and 'stood up for God' on gay marriage, Prejean tells Dobson
By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff
Posted May 12, 2009 4:07 AM CDT
Prejean: 'Satan Set Gay Trap for Me'
Evangelical leader and founder of Focus on the Family James Dobson. Carrie Prejean told him yesterday on his radio program that she "stood up for God" when she spoke against gay marriage.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Miss California has told a Christian radio program that "Satan tried to tempt me" with the gay marriage pageant question that rocketed her into controversy. "I wanted to sound politically correct" and win the Miss USA pageant, Carrie Prejean told evangelical leader James Dobson yesterday. "Then God was in my heart saying, 'Do not compromise. You need to stand up for me.'" Prejean also slammed the pressure she's been under since presenting her "personal opinion" against gay marriage.
(More Carrie Prejean stories.)

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