Vid of day: Bride drags newborn down aisle
Several news outlets, including the Daily Mail and the New York Daily News are reporting about Tennessee bride Shona Carter-Brooks, who chose to have her one-month-old baby girl as a part of her wedding ceremony in a rather unconventional way.
This is causing some to question her common sense and her ability to parent. In response to the social media storm, Brooks had some interesting comments. From the Daily Mail:
The couple… are believed to have only welcomed their little girl, Aubrey, one month before the ceremony.
The dress… appears to have been altered to allow for the child….
Carter-Brooks hit back at her critics in two elaborate posts on her Facebook page, saying she does not regret the decision….
‘Media Media I see how it works regardless the situation or purpose people gone (sic) have something negative to say! The answer is we do what we want, when we want, as long as Jesus on our side everything worked out fine and gona (sic) continue to be fine.’…
‘Our 1 month old was awake and well secured on my train,’ Carter-Brooks wrote. ‘Most important while yall got ya feelings in us we had our hearts in Christ which covers all!! So keep ya mouths running for it was just that Exclusive and Epic enough we made top blog (sic) way from small town Ripley, TN and the social media doing what they do, TALK!!!!…
‘Too bless for mess!! Thank God we aint no celebrities oops got fans, guess we is! Sign off Mr & Mrs Brooks!!’
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Well, that explanation made perfect sense.
Yeah, do whatever you like to your baby and Jesus will take care of you, plus, they have FANS!!
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I guess I’m being judgmental but if she is such a good Christian why did she have a baby out of wedlock in the first place? And why couldn’t someone just carry the baby? The whole thing is bizarre.
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Thank you phillymiss for stating the obvious. You commit fornication and have a baby outside of holy matrimony, (ok, I get it and at least she didn’t abort the baby so she could fit into her wedding gown) but instead of holding your 1 month old infant, you drag her down the aisle on the back of your dress, so you can hold onto your bouquet (I guess that would mess up the wedding pictures)and then you proclaim “we had our hearts in Christ which covers all”. Good grief, common sense just isn’t common any more. First of all even if her husband-to-be is a total idiot (which he is to allow her to do such a thing) where was her mother and grandmother while all this was going on? I cannot imagine my mother or grandmother allowing me to drag their precious grandbaby/great-grandbaby on the back of my wedding dress down the aisle, I don’t care how great an idea I thought it was. Can any of you imagine your mother standing by while you do such a stupid thing with their grandchild? I don’t care how country bumpkin you may be, this is pathetic. phillymiss I cannot imagine that you would have allowed your precious grandchild to be treated in such a way.
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While some call this child abuse I consider it idiocy.
Good Lord we have lost all of our marbles.
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Prolifer L, I dont know if my son and his girlfriend will ever get married but they have enough sense not to do such a crazy thing!
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Two words: Tacky, low class.
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There is room in my mind to consider that this was well-intended. True – they had a child out of wedlock… but they were also bringing remedy to that. That could be called repentance. Odd – they had a newborn ride her train like a sled… but we’ve seen much worse. It could have been that they envisioned it expressing how the baby was a part of their wedding and their lives? Would I do this? No. Would I advise someone else to do it if they inquired before the fact? No. But no reason to fuss about it after the fact. If she starts dragging her child around day-to-day, call the authorities. But this is very likely an attempt at cute gone awry. Christ knows her heart and he’s got grace enough to cover this.
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A tacky, trashy stunt…. but harmless.
May God bless their family and their marriage. Their wedding stunt indicates that they are very interested in making a family, and that is good.
Much better than exchanging vows underwater or while sky-diving or swimming with dolphins.
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phillymiss, I couldn’t imagine your children doing such a crazy thing but my point was that I just couldn’t understand where the grandparents were while all this was going on. Maybe they protested and they were totally ignored. My mother and mother-in-law were so protective of their grandchildren which was wonderful, I considered it a great compliment. I enjoyed the extra attention they gave my kids and I actually valued their mothering tips (neither of them were bossy or overbearing and both were great mothers). You sound like a great mother and grandmother to me phillymiss.
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The baby dragging in the train is weird. And dangerous.
But why are you criticizing her for having a baby out of wedlock? Plenty of people do, and at least they are getting married still.
Is it ideal? No. But they are trying to do the right thing. And Christ’s grace *is* enough to cover that.
Christians make mistakes.
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I am glad that this couple got married and are “trying to do the right thing” LibertyBelle however although “plenty of people do” it (“have babies out of wedlock”) it is still against the Biblical standard. I was just noticing with phillymiss that this bride who claimed to be a Christian on her fb page was not being congruent in her lifestyle choices. This is a prolife blog (dedicated to ending abortion) founded by a committed Christian so bringing up the Biblical standard is a good thing especially since the majority of abortions are committed by women with out-of-wedlock pregnancies. I agree with you that Christ’s grace is enough to cover our sin and I am so in need of it as well. Thank God for his amazing grace.
Actually my criticism was directed at her dragging her baby down the aisle on her dress which I agree with you is “weird and dangerous”. However those of us who are Christ-followers (which this bride claims to be)are called by Jesus to be “the light of the world” and are instructed by him that “if you love me you will keep my commandments”. Jesus told the Samaritan woman “you have rightly said, that you have no husband, you have had five husbands and the man you are with now is NOT your husband” but he lovingly forgave her and gave her spiritual water (new life) so that she would never thirst again. My favorite part is where she went into the village testifying “come see a man that told me everything that I have ever done” proclaiming him the Messiah. Like I said I am happy this couple got married. Blessings to them and to you as well.
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What I hate most about this is that she treated her daughter like an accessory. Many people treat children like designer accessories–to be aborted when they are the “wrong” gender or aborted if they aren’t physically “perfect”. Children aren’t treated like PEOPLE, not before birth and not even after birth. They’re treated like little “things” that are supposed to make US adults happy and make us adults look good to other adults.
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