Wed. Jun 24, 2009 | 5:39 AM

If you saw today's show, you know that the guests faced some tough choices. So we want to know what YOU would do if you were in their shoes.

runningaway2.jpgYou tell us: What would you do if a family member was refusing to attend your wedding? Or, if you had a gay family member getting married -- and you weren't comfortable with his or her relationship -- would you go the wedding? We want to know!

And, if your family is refusing to attend your gay wedding, tell the Tyra Show about it.


NEXT: Don't Ruin My Gay Wedding
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When you die & stand before the Judge of all the earth (Hebrews 9:27),each one of us will either be clothed in our bloods sins or we will be clothed in the rightous sinlesss blood of the Lamb of God. We will be saying, Well Judge the way i see it is---, or we will be saying I see it the same way that you do judge, im guilty as charged. God & His word do not change nor is it contradictory. What was once sin will always be sin. Pray & invite Jesus into yourself (Revelation3:20). He will then be your rightousness (Romans 10:3,4).
Posted by Anonymous 06/24/09 1:21 PM
 
I feel so sad for this mother...she was truly torn between standing for what she firmly believed was right and going to her daughters wedding. It would be so hard to believe with all your heart in God and in the fact that gay marriage is a sin and have to deal with your daughter choosing to live in a lifestyle of sin....you would feel torn between standing up for your God and your daughter...
Posted by katie 06/24/09 1:16 PM
 
hello tyra, what i feel about gay people getting married. i dont think there is nothing wrong, if the person is happy with who they are with, they should'nt be stopped to do what makes them happy. i support them, although i am not gay , i feel that everyone deserves to be happy with anything they decide to do and that they should get treated with respect and dignity.. So what if they are gay and want to be married they are not hurting anyone. if i was a parent and my child was gay, yes i would be very suprised and upset, but im not gonna stop my child from being happy. i would still go to his/her wedding and support him/her. i have no control over there life and future..
Posted by munchkins 06/24/09 1:05 PM
 
About the mom who didn't approve of her daughter's gay wedding. The audience was pressuring the mom to go so she could "support " her daughter showing her unconditional love- OK fine, but how about the real core of WHY the mother couldn't support this. Her religious upbringing, and steadfast faith doesn't include gay marraige and why should it, name a gay couple in the bible. The point is A lie, murder ect is a sin, it's done. A gay relationship is an everyday sin. Forgiveness happens when you stop the sin,nor forgivness if you keep doing it or don't change. gay marriage gives new meaning to "living in sin". I support civil unions No marriage
Posted by Penny Loken-Evans 06/24/09 1:01 PM
 
i would not care if the person was gay in my family it would be a honor to be there for a wedding with them
Posted by marn kalman 06/24/09 12:52 PM
 
I didn't catch today's show but I will comment on the question asked here. Q:"What would you do if a family member was refusing to attend your wedding?" A:Personally, as I only want people who are loving and supportive at my special day, I'd tell them I'm sorry to hear their refusal but I'd rather receive a declined invitation than have someone show up and spoil my day with their disapproval. I don't believe sexuality is a choice but this doesn't mean that I question anyones religious beliefs. If you live your life according to Christian doctrines,and therefore believe homosexuals are sinning against God, then you have that right to refuse to support what you see as a sin. If it is your daughter/son, for their sake, drop the preaching. At this point you can't "save them"(Only a willing heart can receive the Word) but you can (quietly) not participate in something that is against your beliefs.
Posted by Jen 06/24/09 12:48 PM
 
ok so first I don't have any gay friends. And i honestly don't think i ever will. (Not to be mean but for my protection and for the protection of the people around me 24/7.) But lets pretend I was invited to a gay wedding, i wouldn't go. God didn't creat marrige for us to change it. If marrige between a man and a women worked for 6 thousand years it will work now. Why would you change the color of the sky when the color it already is is perfect? God knows what he is doing. p.s. and I just want pointed out that I am only 14 years old
Posted by Elizabeth 06/24/09 12:46 PM
 
Tyra You have intimidated this mother to compromise her own convictions. One does not easily forgive themselves when they compromise their own convictions, They know within themselves that they are not just disobeying people but that they are disobeying the God that they know that they must one day stand before the judgement seat thereof (Hebrews 9:27). You equate murderers & homosexuality as equal when you basicly say just attend this one murder, It going to be our last one, just this one.Sodom & Gomorah is Gods urban renewal plan for homosexuality.
Posted by James Partridge 06/24/09 12:39 PM
 
I think that homosexuality is wrong, but if it was my family member I would probably go to their wedding because I love them, not because I support their life style... but I think it's a personal choice, and it's fine if the mom on the show doesn't want to go to her daughter's wedding.
Posted by Keri 06/24/09 12:39 PM
 
I wanted to leave a message of disapproval about this episode. I was glad to see that so many other people share my opinion in this matter. It is people like you Tyra that makes this world a wicked place. People need to start reading their Bible instead of doing what makes them feel good. Tyra's show has encouraged others that sin is okay and that we as society should embrace homosexuality. I guess in journalism selling your soul to the devil is a requirement. Whatever gets and keeps ratings I guess. The Bible says "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters, nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God." 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. Leviticus 18:22 says "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind it is abomination.". Tyra, I encourage you to go pick up a copy of the worlds #1 selling book, The Bible, and read God's word.
Posted by J. Alexander 06/24/09 12:36 PM
 
Ok first of all I want to say that I am a firm believer in god! Although, I believe that god would not put a choice in front of us if he believed we were going to make the wrong decision! I think people should always make the right choice for themselves and not for anyone else! I think you should always support your family and friends no matter what! It is their own decision and not yours! It is not a desease they are trying to give you and it is not contagious, people can't help who they fall in love with and they have a right to make that choice, so parents family and friends should always always support each other no matter what sexual prefrence they have!
Posted by LeighAnn Mills 06/24/09 12:27 PM
 
I think that people who oppose sin, such as gay marriage are seen as ignorant. Tyra really showed which side she was on. I believe this was unfair for the mother. I also would like to comment about the question asked to her mother. "Why do you oppose this one sin so much, and the others don't." Well, first of all, marriage is a lifelong commitment. If you are commiting to commit this sin for life, that is much different than commiting one sin. You are basically telling God, if you believe in His Word, that I am choosing to sin for life. No repentance, people who do this don't want to change or follow God, so saying you are religious has no meaning. Sorry for all the grammar errors! People don't understand that God wants to show people grace and love and He is not a big bully. I don't hate homosexuals either. I just choose not to support their decisions and in doing that, everybody in the world thinks your ignorant and you get labeled. It's the cold, hard truth.
Posted by Brittany 06/24/09 12:21 PM
 
I felt strongly enough about the show to comment - which says a lot to those who know me. As it happens, most of the first page commenters (at this time) are people who are in agreement with me and felt strongly enough to say so. They have expressed themselves well. Strong-arming the parents into attendance was simply wrong. Let gays be gays if they insist, as with drug dealers, murderers, christians, non-christians, smokers, non-smokers, meat eaters, vegetarians, loggers, or tree-huggers... but stop insisting that those who disagree show up and applaud. I have this question for Tyra and others in the media who insist that everything is negotiable: "What price do you put on your integrity? Why do you insist that others sell their integrity for the price you set?" Beliefs, if they are beliefs, and a person's choice of Deity, if considered a Deity, are simply non-negotiable by definition. "Setting it aside for this instance" is erosive, which is why those who believe strongly choose not to negotiate. That personal erosion is at the core of the erosion we're seeing in our country and the world, currently showing itself in politics and economics.
Posted by JJ HIL 06/24/09 12:19 PM
 
ur gay show was pretty interesting and i wanted to say that i totally support her mom,not because i hate gay people but homosexuality is wrong.leviticus 20 vs 13 says that it is a sin.now when tyra u asked her mom that question about of all the sins she has done why this one.the difference is that she has gone way past those sins.she is out of them(she is not doing those sins any more).on the other hand, as her mom had explained about a man leaving his home n join with his wife,u gotta remember that marriage(union of man n woman)is a convenant from God n when God made man he didnt tell adam that i will make u a "male"companion but instead he made a female(eve)companion for him so they can mutiply(children)which is another covenant from him.as christians we can not support sin because it does not glorify God in any way.If we support gay marriages(sin as per the bible)then we might as well support murderers,thieves,child abusers,etc.
Posted by tee 06/24/09 11:52 AM
 
Notice: People that say they are straight don't have to defend it. People that choose to live another lifestyle have to openly say that they are gay or lesbian. Tyra don't become a people pleaser. If you don't stand for something then you will fall for anything. You are afraid that you will lose ratings if you stand by your beliefs. Jesus said that everything will fall but love will stand forever. We operate in love when we point people in the right direction.
Posted by Chris Thompson 06/24/09 11:47 AM



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