Pageant Officials Say Miss California Lied in Church - Video

(AP Photo/Denis Poroy)PR rep/spokesperson for the Miss California pageant, Roger Neal, denies that contest officials told Carrie Prejean, the current Ms. Cali, to publicly apologize for the statement she made in which she opposed same-sex marriage during the Miss USA pageant. Neal says that her claims are lies and that contest officials only urged her to use the national exposure to "heal some wounds" and reaffirm that she did not mean to offend anyone. He says, "She chose to stand up in church (the Rock Church in San Diego) and in front of the media and say something that was a lie," Neal said. "No one ever said, 'You must apologize to the gay community,' and no one ever said, 'Don't talk about your faith or your religion.' Those two things never came out of anybody's mouth."

Los Angeles talent agent and gay activist, Keith Lewis,who runs the Miss California pageant, has expressed concern about Prejean's ability to carry out her duties during the remainder of her reign. He says, "Given the fact that Carrie Prejean's first act upon returning to California was to headline five services at a church that promotes homosexuality as both unnatural and abnormal, we stand by our concern for her individual image and look forward to a time in the near future when she can put down her personal agenda."

Below is a video of Miss California's appearance this morning on the Today Show.