[Magdalen] Remarkable letter...

[Judy Fleener]

sounds cozy and nauseating.


On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ah, Judy, you certainly lead a sheltered life! <smile>
>
> Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar are the "poster kids" for the Quiverfull
> movement, the stars of the TV show "19 Kids and Counting", parents of 19
> children, unabashed right-wing hyper-Christian fundamentalists who live in
> Arkansas and make a career out of telling people they should have as many
> kids as God will allow them, discriminate against LBGT folk, vote for right
> wing Republicans, etc. I find them unbelievably creepy. Their older kids
> are now starting to get married, and Jim Bob does not allow them to date,
> they are only allowed to "court", and they are not allowed to be alone
> while they are courting, or to hold hands or embrace or, God forbid,
> kiss.....they are only allowed "side hugs" and those only in front of the
> parents, who break them up if they go on too long. All the kids are
> home-schooled by Michelle with a curriculum "approved" by Jim Bob, the
> girls have not been allowed to go to college, and I don't think the boys
> have either, not even fundamentalist Christian colleges. Even the unmarried
> kids in their mid-20s are still living at home with mommy and daddy.
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm confused, who is Michelle Duggar?  Never heard of her.
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I'm sure you're right, Jay, but since it's an open letter, It might
> give
> > > pause to some who are justifying their anti-gay stance by saying they
> are
> > > Christians.
> > > As for others, I think it's an excellent example of how the topic might
> > be
> > > engaged. At least, it is for me.
> > >
> > > > On Jan 15, 2015, at 9:53 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Which, of course, Michelle Duggar would never read, because Jim Bob,
> > > > control freak that he is, wouldn't LET her.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Grace Cangialosi <
> gracecan at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> This was an open letter to Michelle Duggar, the woman with 19
> children
> > > who
> > > >> worked to repeal anti-gay discrimination laws. I think it's
> excellent.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> http://www.liberalamerica.org/2014/12/13/an-open-letter-to-michelle-duggar-as-she-celebrates-her-victory-in-repealing-anti-lgbt-laws/
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Judy Fleener, ObJN
> > Western Michigan
> >
>



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Judy Fleener, ObJN
Western Michigan