Good Day, SFAR readers. For anyone who failed to catch Tuesday morning’s Today Show, you missed a doozie. From Representative Weiner, to Sarah Ferguson, the calibur of news broadcasting was through the roof sensational. And then came the Duggars.
The Duggars are a family from Arkansas who, by the loins of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar (and God), have birthed 19 children. Conservative Baptists, the Duggars have raised their children based on fundamentalist biblical beliefs. Contrary to what you might assume, Michelle and Jim Bob used birth control early in their marriage, unsure that they were ready to have children. After succesfully delivering her first child, Michelle resumed birth control and when she and Jim Bob attempted to conceive a second time, sadly miscarried. It was the Duggars’ belief and counseling from Christian medical doctors, that the birth control was the cause of their misfortune. Then and there they reaffirmed their pro-life values and “asked God to bless them with as many children as he saw fit in his timing”. Hence the plethora of offspring.
Since the beginning of their God-blessing birth plan, the Duggan’s have appeared in numerous programs on Discovery Health and TLC, focused mainly on Michelle’s last several pregnancies, and have been the subject of TLC reality show, 19 Kids and Counting. Michelle is the author of two books, The Duggars: 20 and Counting! (co-authored with Jim-Bob), which was released in 2008 and A Love That Multiplies (also co-authored by Jim Bob), which was released today.
If this is the image of “today’s family”, seriously, hide us under a rock. Birth control for all! Do you know what multiplies during the act of intercourse? It’s not love, darlings. It’s sperm.
Look, we are ALL about miracles and happy endings and beautiful stories. We also happen to love the State of Arkansas. But 19 children. Seriously? How does one set of parents even provide for 19 children? I suppose having a show on TLC and writing books about baby birthing and God helps. Finally, what’s going on with the mother and her daughters’ hair. Seriously. We thought the 80’s snap shots were bad, but 2011 isn’t looking so glamorous either. Lord, Almighty.
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