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Is 23 yr old Lauren Ashley Miss Beverly Hills or isn't she? According to the Associated Press: "Keith Lewis, a K2 Productions stage director for the Miss California USA pageant, told the Los Angeles Times that contestants choose the area they represent and Ashley chose to compete as Miss Beverly Hills in November 2010." Miss Lauren Ashley is making waves for her recent comments regarding God's view of homosexuality. (see related article for details) Much like Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California from San Diego who received a plethora of media attention for her remarks on same-sex marriage vs. traditional...

The mayor of Beverly Hills is outraged over a Miss California USA contestant who spoke out against same-sex marriage and said she represented the city in the pageant. In a statement Wednesday, Mayor Nancy Krasne said that 23-year-old Lauren Ashley lives in Pasadena and doesn't represent Beverly Hills in any capacity. She said she was shocked to see statements made by a beauty pageant contestant under the name of Beverly Hills, "which has a long history of tolerance and respect."

Lauren Ashley, Miss Beverly Hills 2010, is in the news, reported as a beauty queen saying: "God wants gays dead" and "gays should be murdered" - but is that actually what she said, or is she misunderstood? According to Fox News, Lauren Ashley said: "The Bible says that marriage is between a man and a woman. In Leviticus it says, '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.' The Bible is pretty black and white...