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<p>Aaaah, some good old internet outrage that has nothing to do with politics or Hollywood!</p><p>Last week, two moms from Texas, who are both professional photographers, staged a wedding-themed photoshoot for their kids. Ella, 3, was the bride and Sullivan, 5, the groom.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/Breanamariephotography/posts/673192359545862" data-width="552"><blockquote cite="https://graph.facebook.com/261551997376569/posts/673192359545862/" class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><p>&quot;Good Times are Never Ending when we are Playing and Pretending&quot; So as a kid one of my favorite things was to play...</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/261551997376569">Breana Marie Photography</a> on <a href="https://graph.facebook.com/261551997376569/posts/673192359545862/">Wednesday, October 4, 2017</a></blockquote></div></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p itemprop="articleBody">&quot;We told them they were getting married and found a little baby-sized ring box. I told her she got to dress like a princess for her wedding,&quot; Mother of the Bride Breana Marie of Breana Marie Photography told <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/gma" target="_blank">ABC News</a>. &quot;I braided her hair and then they saw each other and they said, &lsquo;We&rsquo;re getting married today!&rsquo; They did pretty much everything themselves, then they&rsquo;d look at each other and they would giggle.&quot;</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Breana Marie Photography" data-attribution-url="https://www.facebook.com/Breanamariephotography/?ref=nf&amp;hc_ref=ART8T6eaZONRA_ZCByOSn5hTwHtNw5Huhy3BFq7dVIyT_eadV5OSCCsqEtwwPR5bklk" height="744" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/dli1s-yx4aes8mh-wtdYl3.jpg" width="992" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Breanamariephotography/?ref=nf&amp;hc_ref=ART8T6eaZONRA_ZCByOSn5hTwHtNw5Huhy3BFq7dVIyT_eadV5OSCCsqEtwwPR5bklk">Breana Marie Photography</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p itemprop="articleBody">But the photographer-moms were surprised to find out that a lot of people found this particular playdate creepy.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Breana Marie Photography" data-attribution-url="https://www.facebook.com/Breanamariephotography/?ref=nf&amp;hc_ref=ART8T6eaZONRA_ZCByOSn5hTwHtNw5Huhy3BFq7dVIyT_eadV5OSCCsqEtwwPR5bklk" height="365" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/dl9dwpvxcaemcoa-Nqy7fE.jpg" width="697" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Breanamariephotography/?ref=nf&amp;hc_ref=ART8T6eaZONRA_ZCByOSn5hTwHtNw5Huhy3BFq7dVIyT_eadV5OSCCsqEtwwPR5bklk">Breana Marie Photography</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/bam_balaam/status/916684123997114368</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This isn&#39;t magical, it&#39;s creepy and tells the kids that cross-gender friendship must have a romantic/sexual component.</p>&mdash; Jayelle #IStandWithBubba 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙 (@GreenEyedLilo) <a href="https://twitter.com/GreenEyedLilo/status/916805257207975936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Disgusting, not magical. They&#39;re being sexualized, ffs. Let them be kids.</p>&mdash; votey mcvoteface (@FadeResistant) <a href="https://twitter.com/FadeResistant/status/916684109338103808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;d say fetishizing innocence. It&#39;s so gross. There&#39;s a lot of this in bad Hallmarky-type cards. Not the first I&#39;ve seen of this fixation</p>&mdash; Martha🕊 (@marthakiel) <a href="https://twitter.com/marthakiel/status/916844178713214977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">how &#39;bout stop pushing your gross &amp; harmful heteronormative agenda on children. <a href="https://t.co/XPE5SeydVX">https://t.co/XPE5SeydVX</a></p>&mdash; julie gobeil (@kingjulieg) <a href="https://twitter.com/kingjulieg/status/917159176824012800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p itemprop="articleBody">Breana told <em><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/kids-wedding-photo-shoot-controversy?bftw&amp;utm_term=.uiXN5V4Kd#.rnYAWEyZd">BuzzFeed </a></em>that she was surprised by the backlash.</p><p>&quot;I don&#39;t understand how people can take something done for fun and innocently and turn it into anything sexual,&quot; she said. &quot;It&#39;s sad.&quot;</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Breana Marie Photography" data-attribution-url="" height="744" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/dli1szxuaeelng-SHEbNy.jpg" width="992" /></div><div class="image-attribution">Breana Marie Photography</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure id="e_image_50332370"> <p>&quot;Me and my friend participated in a shoot that we did not realize was going to be picked up. Overnight we went viral,&quot; explained.</p> <p>&quot;If I ever thought that anyone would have come to that conclusion I would have never done this with my child.&quot;</p> <p><div class="image-container"><img alt="Image may contain: one or more people and outdoor" aria-busy="false" data-attribution="Breana Marie Photography" data-attribution-url="https://www.facebook.com/Breanamariephotography/photos/pcb.673192359545862/673191542879277/?type=3&amp;theater" src="https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/22196139_673191542879277_7234649492674155976_n.jpg?oh=3fb84937c3b3ca3327e755b21c041697&amp;oe=5A7E8B74" /></div></p> <p>Breana told BuzzFeed that she&#39;s experiencing terrible cyberbullying, and has &quot;been called every name under the sun and accused of every disgusting thing you could ever think of.&quot;</p> <figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Image may contain: 2 people, people standing, outdoor and nature" aria-busy="false" data-attribution="Breana Marie Photography" data-attribution-url="" src="https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/22221544_673191599545938_4573093352826560411_n.jpg?oh=e81d45647356aa1154c535943e366d97&amp;oe=5A7DBC34" /></div><div class="image-attribution">Breana Marie Photography</div></figure> <p>Breana, and Sullivan&#39;s mom Bria, insisted that they didn&#39;t mean to offend anyone.</p> <figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Image may contain: 2 people, people smiling, child, outdoor and nature" aria-busy="false" data-attribution="Breana Marie Photography" data-attribution-url="https://www.facebook.com/Breanamariephotography/photos/pcb.673192359545862/673191606212604/?type=3&amp;theater" src="https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/22154439_673191606212604_5236472906513317055_n.jpg?oh=34e149de0406ba3c7da88a2452edb45c&amp;oe=5A41719B" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Breanamariephotography/photos/pcb.673192359545862/673191606212604/?type=3&amp;theater">Breana Marie Photography</a></div></figure> <p>&quot;Everyone is entitled to [an opinion], you don&#39;t have to like everything that you see on Facebook or social media,&quot; Breana said. &quot;But remember that somebody&#39;s on the other end of that feedback you&#39;re giving. Kindness goes a long way.&quot;</p> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Breanamariephotography/photos/pcb.673192359545862/673191542879277/?type=3&amp;theater">Breana Marie Photography</a></div><div class="image-attribution">Breana Marie Photography</div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Breanamariephotography/photos/pcb.673192359545862/673191606212604/?type=3&amp;theater">Breana Marie Photography</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Moms defend their kids' wedding photoshoot after it gave people the creeps.

Aaaah, some good old internet outrage that has nothing to do with politics or Hollywood!Last week, two moms from Texas, who are both professional photographers, staged a wedding-themed photoshoot for their kids. Ella, 3, was the bride and Sullivan, 5, the groom.&quot;Good Times are Never Ending when we are Playing and Pretending&quot; So as a kid one of my favorite things was to play...Posted by Breana Marie Photography on Wednesday, October 4, 2017&quot;We told them they were getting married and found a little baby-sized ring box. I told her she got to dress like a princess for her wedding,&quot; Mother of the Bride Breana Marie of Breana Marie Photography told ABC News. &quot;I braided her hair and then they saw each other and they said, &lsquo;We&rsquo;re getting married today!&rsquo; They did pretty much everything themselves, then they&rsquo;d look at each other and they would giggle.&quot;Breana Marie PhotographyBut the photographer-moms were surprised to find out that a lot of people found this particular playdate creepy.Breana Marie Photographyhttps://twitter.com/bam_balaam/status/916684123997114368This isn&#39;t magical, it&#39;s creepy and tells the kids that cross-gender friendship must have a romantic/sexual component.&mdash; Jayelle #IStandWithBubba 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙 (@GreenEyedLilo) October 7, 2017 Disgusting, not magical. They&#39;re being sexualized, ffs. Let them be kids.&mdash; votey mcvoteface (@FadeResistant) October 7, 2017 I&#39;d say fetishizing innocence. It&#39;s so gross. There&#39;s a lot of this in bad Hallmarky-type cards. Not the first I&#39;ve seen of this fixation&mdash; Martha🕊 (@marthakiel) October 8, 2017 how &#39;bout stop pushing your gross &amp; harmful heteronormative agenda on children. https://t.co/XPE5SeydVX&mdash; julie gobeil (@kingjulieg) October 8, 2017 Breana told BuzzFeed that she was surprised by the backlash.&quot;I don&#39;t understand how people can take something done for fun and innocently and turn it into anything sexual,&quot; she said. &quot;It&#39;s sad.&quot;Breana Marie Photography &quot;Me and my friend participated in a shoot that we did not realize was going to be picked up. Overnight we went viral,&quot; explained. &quot;If I ever thought that anyone would have come to that conclusion I would have never done this with my child.&quot;  Breana told BuzzFeed that she&#39;s experiencing terrible cyberbullying, and has &quot;been called every name under the sun and accused of every disgusting thing you could ever think of.&quot; Breana Marie Photography Breana, and Sullivan&#39;s mom Bria, insisted that they didn&#39;t mean to offend anyone. Breana Marie Photography &quot;Everyone is entitled to [an opinion], you don&#39;t have to like everything that you see on Facebook or social media,&quot; Breana said. &quot;But remember that somebody&#39;s on the other end of that feedback you&#39;re giving. Kindness goes a long way.&quot; Breana Marie PhotographyBreana Marie PhotographyBreana Marie Photography

Aaaah, some good old internet outrage that has nothing to do with politics or Hollywood!  Last week, two moms from Texas, who are both professional photographers, staged a wedding-themed photoshoot for their kids. Ella, 3, was the bride...