The gay marriage controversy — tired of being fought out in the court rooms, voting booths and halls of state legislature — has spilled over into a much more sensical battleground: The Miss USA Pageant.

Miss California — not content to simply undermine young women's sense of self-worth — decides to also go after gay rights when Perez Hilton — who seems to be fighting his own weird war against mainstream acceptance of homosexuals — asks her the most leadingest and politically charged question ever asked of a person who's only job qualification is a willingness to burn cancer directly into her skin.

And, yes, its just as smart an argument as you think it is.