And:
"It’s a battlefield that mirrored the same sort of power that was asserted by figures like Gothard over families, and in turn, by some political figures trained by him, over a nation."
At the very heart of the unsavory Duggar story is child abuse fostered by religious ideologues. As Stankorb says,
"It’s wrenching to know how the impulse to protect and care for children was so twisted by systems that made the home a battlefield."
Noting that multiple members of the Arkansas Duggar family, noted for its outspoken role in the Religious right, have now been arrested in child abuse charges, Sarah Stankorb looks at the "culture of warped power" that lies behind the Duggar story.
The Duggars are well known to follow and promote the abusive child-rearing practices of white evangelical leader Bill Gothard.
"Kendra Duggar’s arrest came days after her husband, Joseph Duggar, was arrested on charges in Florida for lewd and lascivious behavior against a child under 12. He is accused of molesting a girl when she was nine years old during a family trip to Panama City Beach."
By the way, In 2014, Michelle Duggar released robocalls warning that LGBTQ people pose a danger to children.
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"Arkansas police have arrested Kendra Duggar, the wife of the reality TV personality Joseph Duggar, on misdemeanor child abuse charges, in the latest scandal to envelop the family featured on TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting."
~ Roque Planas
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Last week, another one of the Duggar family brothers was arrested after questions over inappropriate actions with a minor, but now his wife has been taken into custody too on a completely unrelated matter. It's leading to a lot of questions about what is wrong with the famous right-wing religious fa...
Jill Duggar Dillard, who formerly starred in TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting,” spoke out for the first time since the arrest of her younger brother.“Our hearts go out to the innocent juvenile victim of this unspeakable crime and her family,” she said in a family statement Thursday
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