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RandySF

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Fri May 29, 2015, 03:50 AM May 2015

Not just the Duggars: Arkansas DHS keeps giving Christian conservatives a pass on child abuse

Two recent sex abuse cases involving the Duggar family and state Rep. Justin Harris — politically connected Arkansas religious conservatives — reveal serious problems in the state’s Department of Human Services.

A sexual molestation case involving Josh Duggar, the reality TV star and former high-ranking employee of the anti-LGBT Family Research Council, has dominated national news for more than a week as continuing revelations suggest the teen and his family may have received preferential treatment from authorities.

TLC has suspended airings of the family’s “19 Kids and Counting” program, but it has not yet been canceled despite the loss of several major advertisers.

As the Arkansas Times reported, Harris and his wife, Marsha Harris, have not faced any consequences since news broke in March that they gave away two adopted daughters to a man who later sexually assaulted one of the girls – although state legislators changed a state law to prevent others from doing the same thing.


http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/not-just-the-duggars-arkansas-dhs-keeps-giving-christian-conservatives-a-pass-on-child-abuse/

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Not just the Duggars: Arkansas DHS keeps giving Christian conservatives a pass on child abuse (Original Post) RandySF May 2015 OP
Why is Arkansas slow to deal with child abuse and rape? Sienna86 May 2015 #1
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