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img src=”http://www.usmagazine.com/files/harmon-prejean-p.jpg” align=”left” /pRepublican actress bAngie Harmon/b is standing up for Miss California bCarrie Prejean/b, who has been criticized for saying on Sunday’s Miss USA pageant that she a href=”http://www.usmagazine.com/news/miss-california-my-anti-gay-marriage-answer-cost-me-my-crown-2009204″ target=”_blank”does not support gay marriage/a./p p”If someone is standing up for how they feel and talking about their beliefs, why are we punishing her for that?” Harmon, 36, told bUsmagazine.com/b Tuesday at the opening of the Malibu Lumber Yard in Calif. “I just don’t understand how we’ve gotten to a place in America where, if someone doesn’t agree with everyone, then they are punished for it.”/p pa href=”http://www.usmagazine.com/news/vote-did-miss-californias-answer-cost-her-the-crown-2009214″ target=”_blank”Click here to vote on whether Miss California should have answered the question differently/a/p pPrejean, 21, insists her controversial answer “cost” her the crown. (bShanna Moakler/b, director of the Miss California USA pageant, a href=”http://www.usmagazine.com/news/shanna-moakler-miss-california-didnt-lose-because-of-her-answer-2009214″ target=”_blank”denies this/a.)/p pSaid Harmon, “I heard something in the car on the way over here, and it was like, ‘She wasn’t punished,’ but she lost because of it. So she was punished.”/p p”I find it incredibly disappointing,” she went on. “I mean, that is what she thinks. That’s what she believes. I’m not going to punish anyone for that. I don’t know if she lost because of it, but if she did, I think that is very disappointing. In the Miss USA, she can’t stand up for what she thinks or what she believes in? I don’t understand that.”/p pa href=”http://www.usmagazine.com/photos/2008s-biggest-scandals” target=”_blank”See photos of more celeb scandals/a/p pHarmon told bUs/b she disagreed with those - including judge bPerez Hilton/b, who posed the question - who said Prejean should have given a middle-of-the-road answer./p pa href=”http://www.usmagazine.com/hot_pics_gallery” target=”_blank”See today’s top celeb news photos/a/p p”People say she has to be PC … no,” Harmon said. “She’s standing up for what she believes in. She didn’t come out and say, ‘I hate gay people.’ That’s not what she said at all. I think it’s sad, I really do.”/p pa href=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/hg0OqHW0YAF5Y9FhGrf_lsucVHM/a”img src=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/hg0OqHW0YAF5Y9FhGrf_lsucVHM/i” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/p