Actress Meagan Good was brought to tears when someone criticized her clothing choices at a church event, but the actress' husband, DeVon Franklin, defended his wife's honor.
On Valentine's Day, the couple spoke at an event that took place at One Church Los Angeles to promote their new book The Wait: A Powerful Practice for Finding the Love of Your Life and the Life You Love. During the event that was live streamed all over the world, one woman questioned the 34-year-old "Minority Report" actress about her clothing choices.
"This is not offensive, but I was at the grocery store and I looked at a newsstand and saw you, and you had your breasts showing. I wasn't going to come here, but the Lord brought me here to see you," the woman told Good. "You are a beautiful young woman and your testimony is awesome. The Lord let me come and push past the judgement, because you have to make sure what you say and what you do match up, you understand?"
When the woman concluded her statement by asking Good if she would "cover up," her husband and the president of Franklin Entertainment stepped in.
"Wait a minute. No! That is not what we're here for," Franklin firmly told the woman. "She's not gonna cover up, she is gonna wear what she wants to wear in the name of Jesus, amen. Amen?"
The exchange left Good emotional, and she was seen wiping tears from her face. Franklin, the 37-year-old preacher who co-authored The Wait with his wife made sure to express love with the woman while defending his wife's Christian faith.
"God bless you, we love you. I love you dearly, but she has been a Christian as she is right now. She wore whatever she wanted to wear. So no, we ain't doing that," he said. "Y'all about to see another Devon that y'all ain't never seen! Remember, I'm from Oakland now!"
While the audience was amused at Franklin's response, Good decided to address the issue firsthand.
"I'd like to say one thing. I could've addressed what she said and it would take me a while to address it because I have very specific feelings about that," she said. "But I just want to say to that young lady, however you feel, if that's how you really feel, then pray for me. And God bless you."
Good has not shied away from choosing clothing options with a plunging neckline or exposed skin and admitted to being upset with her critics from within the Church after receiving their negative responses. Last year the couple appeared as speakers at the Essence Festival empowerment panel where they spoke about overcoming harsh criticism from the Church.
"It kind of made me upset with the Church for a while. People don't know what they do, but you have to love them regardless," she said at Essence Festival. "But you have to own your truth."
Although her husband is a preacher, he supported his wife and shared his perspective on the matter.
"So many people try to live by a label, but that's not the box God put us in," he said while serving on the panel with his wife. "Who we are is not defined by a box. When I live by your expectations of what I should do, then I limit who I am and then I become depressed because I can't be my true self."
During an interview with The Christian Post last month, the couple, who married in the summer of 2012, spoke about their views on dating, love, and keeping God at the center of it all. For the actress, honoring God by waiting to have sex before her wedding night helped her find a newfound confidence in her marriage.
"I've seen so many marriages around me deteriorate. The short term thought was a great one but the long term one was very scary to me," Good revealed to CP. "I think the difference is with implementing The Wait, the foundation that we have is so solid that it makes me feel so much safer and gives me so much more confidence — not just in our marriage but in what God is doing in us and through us. He honors our marriage because we took the time to honor Him with our foundation."
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