Editor 's note : A nationally syndicated columnist , Roland S. Martin is the author of `` Listening to the Spirit Within : 50 Perspectives on Faith '' and `` Speak , Brother ! A Black Man 's View of America . '' Visit his Web site for more information . He is hosting `` No Bias , No Bull '' at 8 p.m . ET on CNN while Campbell Brown is on maternity leave . Roland Martin says Miss California , Carrie Prejean , is being slammed for being honest about her beliefs . ( CNN ) -- A lot of folks are always saying they like to keep it real , that they want authenticity and straight talk . Yet when someone actually does it , there is hell to pay . Welcome to the world of Miss California , Carrie Prejean , who , since she answered a question regarding same-sex marriage in Sunday 's Miss USA pageant , has been savagely attacked by those who oppose what she had to say . Leading the burn-her-at-the-stake parade is media opportunist Perez Hilton , the self-described gossip queen , and the individual who kick-started this controversy by asking the initial question as to whether the issue of same-sex marriage should be left up to the states . It seems that Hilton , who is gay , was none too pleased that Prejean chose to actually give her personal opinion on the issue , and ripped her on his blog after the show , using crude obscenities as he continued to attack her at every turn on his media blitz . Hey , Hilton , from a real journalist to a wanna-be who traffics in gossip : Never ask a question if you 're unprepared for the answer ! Frankly , this whole story is pretty stupid . Is n't the whole point of asking a question to get someone 's true feelings , rather than the plastic and superficial answers we are all used to receiving ? Sure , Prejean could have gone the safe route and given one of those answers that reveal nothing and is hard to decipher -- you know , the ones politicians give all the time -- but no ! She actually gave her real opinion , and is now being torn to shreds for it . She opposes same-sex marriage . OK , fine . So what if she had said , `` Hey , I 'm in full support of same-sex marriage . '' Would she now be celebrated on gay-focused blogs , magazines and Web sites ? Would her detractors actually be saying how open she is and that she 's a great person ? Same-sex marriage is undoubtedly a hot button issue . And being from California , the site of Proposition 8 , the ballot initiative that voters approved outlawing same-sex marriage , Prejean has surely had to hear the debate go back and forth . But her remark is n't outside the mainstream . A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll shows that 55 percent of Americans are against same-sex marriage , and Proposition 8 did pass in her state 52-48 percent . iReport.com : Prejean 'should step down ' What 's interesting about this is that many of the same folks who are slamming her for her remark voted for President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden , who both have the same belief : that marriage should be between a man and a woman . Even Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made it clear that she has the same view , and it was her husband , President Bill Clinton , who signed the In Defense of Marriage Act , the federal law that forbids states from having to recognize gay marriage in other states . In other words , four of the biggest liberals in the country have the same belief as Prejean , but a beauty pageant winner is being torn to shreds . Hello , hypocrisy ! Those who criticize Prejean have the same right as she does to express their viewpoints . But enough with all the political correctness , where someone says she should have danced around the issue , smiled and move on . iReport.com : 'Thank you , California ! ' At the end of the day , we all have to be true to ourselves . Whether it 's a gay gossip writer who favors same-sex marriage or a heterosexual woman who is against same-sex marriage . The day we condemn folks for speaking honestly is the day we become a bland society . Maybe we 're already there . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Roland Martin .
Martin : People say they want others to express themselves authentically . He says Miss Biden is being criticized for expressing her beliefs . Roland Martin says Roland Martin is carrying on a crusade against her . Martin : Her beliefs on gay marriage mirror those of Biden and Biden .