Joe.My.God. LGBT News
Posted to the Duggar family’s “official” website:
The recent “documentary” that talks about our family is sad because in it we see the media and those with ill intentions hurting people we love. Like other families, ours too has experienced the joys and heartbreaks of life, just in a very public format. This “documentary” paints so much and so many in a derogatory and sensationalized way because sadly that’s the direction of entertainment these days.
We have always believed that the best chance to repair damaged relationships, or to reconcile differences, is through love in a private setting. We love every member of our family and will continue to do all we can to have a good relationship with each one. Through both the triumphs and the trials we have clung to our faith all the more and discovered that through the love and grace of Jesus, we find strength, comfort, and purpose.
Family patriarch Jim Bob Duggar last appeared here in 2021 when he finished third in his anti-LGBTQ campaign for the Arkansas state senate.
Jim Bob, you will recall, has been accused of covering up Josh Duggar’s years of literally fingering his toddler sisters.
Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets is now streaming on Amazon Prime.
People Magazine has a lengthy recap:
Recalling how Jim Bob — a former politician — had drafted a bill for the sex offender’s website, Jim Holt said to his then-friend: “I said, ‘Jim Bob, according to your own bill and that you’ve written and what you’ve told me, your son should be on it. He needs to make it right with the law because he violated the law and he needs to turn himself in.'”
After Jim Holt found out about what Josh had done, Jim Bob invited him to join the father-son pair at the State Troopers’ office, where the eldest Duggar sibling would confess to his wrongdoing. But nothing actually came of it.
“The State Trooper sat down and he told him the story. Josh told him what we thought at the time was everything he had done,” Jim Holt recalled. “He said, ‘Imma let you go this time,’ and he said, ‘But if you do it again, I’m really gonna come down hard on you.'” Jim Holt continued, “We found out later that this guy [Joseph Hutchens] was a friend of Jim Bob’s.”