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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Thu Jan 1, 2015, 08:24 AM Jan 2015

Gay-Hating Duggars Have a Lesbian in Their Family — and She Thinks They’re Crazy

http://www.alternet.org/gay-hating-duggars-have-lesbian-their-family-and-she-thinks-theyre-crazy

RadarOnline.com confirmed yesterday that the notoriously homophobic Michelle Duggar’s older sister, Evelyn Ruark, is a lesbian.

Ruark has been in a committed relationship with Sharon Callahan for a number of years — and neither she nor her partner fully approve of the Duggar family’s ties to the “QuiverFull” procreation cult.

In 2010, Sharon Callahan spoke to The National Enquirer, saying that she and her “significant other” were “worried about [the Duggar family]. We have often thought that QuiverFull is a cult. It appears to be brainwashing to me.”

Evelyn Ruark appeared in an early episode of TLC’s 19 Kids And Counting, but did so without Callahan, and no mention of her sexuality was made.
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Gay-Hating Duggars Have a Lesbian in Their Family — and She Thinks They’re Crazy (Original Post) xchrom Jan 2015 OP
She's right, they ARE crazy. hobbit709 Jan 2015 #1
What's "crazy" is the TV industry that makes money on these halfwits. JDDavis Jan 2015 #2
Not as crazy as the people that watch it, along with Duck Dynasty and Honey Boo Boo. hobbit709 Jan 2015 #3
I cannot disagree, but JDDavis Jan 2015 #4
 

JDDavis

(725 posts)
2. What's "crazy" is the TV industry that makes money on these halfwits.
Thu Jan 1, 2015, 09:14 AM
Jan 2015

We have probably tens of thousands of dysfunctional families in this nation, for one reason or another.

But we wouldn't have this family parading around as celebrities were it not for the horribly misplaced priorities and misjudgment on the part of the television industry to put this family out there as something of "entertainment" value.

 

JDDavis

(725 posts)
4. I cannot disagree, but
Thu Jan 1, 2015, 09:26 AM
Jan 2015

I find the decision-makers at TV networks that package all those shows to be totally irresponsible to the American public.

Yes, we have a lot of dumb and dumber TV viewers out there, who will watch almost anything they are fed.

There used to be something called "standards and practices", which regulated dirty words and whether Lucy and Desi could be seen sleeping in a double bed. That was back a few years, I know. But where are the "standards and practices" people today, when we really need them to nix these stupid shows.

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