It came to light in May that Josh Duggar, the eldest child of the family depicted in TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting,
had years ago thrice confessed to his father Jim Bob Duggar that he’d
sexually abused four of his sisters and a family friend when he was a
teenager.
The abuse was appalling, to be sure. But it matters to you and me that Duggar was working as executive director of the Family Research Council’s lobbying arm FRC Action, the hate group that routinely defames LGBT people and parrots lies and discredited research calling gay and lesbian parents child molesters; the goal is to foment public opinion against pro-equality legislation. It also matters that the Duggars continually wade into GOP politics to wage war against LGBTs. In August of last year Josh’s mother, Michelle, recorded a robocall that went out to voters in Fayetteville, Arkansas, arguing against an LGBT civil rights ordinance, claiming that transgender people are child predators coming after little girls; the family donated tens of thousands of dollars to the repeal effort, which was ultimately successful — a setback for LGBT Fayetteville residents.
http://www.advocate.com/print-issue/current-issue/2015/07/01/editors-letter-beware-snake-oil-slingers
The abuse was appalling, to be sure. But it matters to you and me that Duggar was working as executive director of the Family Research Council’s lobbying arm FRC Action, the hate group that routinely defames LGBT people and parrots lies and discredited research calling gay and lesbian parents child molesters; the goal is to foment public opinion against pro-equality legislation. It also matters that the Duggars continually wade into GOP politics to wage war against LGBTs. In August of last year Josh’s mother, Michelle, recorded a robocall that went out to voters in Fayetteville, Arkansas, arguing against an LGBT civil rights ordinance, claiming that transgender people are child predators coming after little girls; the family donated tens of thousands of dollars to the repeal effort, which was ultimately successful — a setback for LGBT Fayetteville residents.
http://www.advocate.com/print-issue/current-issue/2015/07/01/editors-letter-beware-snake-oil-slingers