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jwirr

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21. I know where the F/D balls came from but they have new purpose today. A lot of fathers do not

Mon May 25, 2015, 04:27 PM

May 2015

live with their children due to custody decisions. Many of the fathers are single fathers who do not have a lot of interaction with their children - especially their daughters because there is not much for them to do together - at least nothing this big. My grandsons take several children who are members of a single mother family along with their own girls. We have a long history of stepping in to help a child in the family who does not have a father. As to the boys they take one look at their fathers duded up in a tux and say "yuk" we don't want to go to that ball.

But I do agree with you that their religious framing is just plain sick.

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Quiverfull of Shit: a Guide to the Duggar's Scary Brand of Christianity [View all] Liberal_in_LA May 2015 OP

So creepy and disturbing. Arugula Latte May 2015 #1

It's a cult within a cult. Initech May 2015 #2

K & R nt okaawhatever May 2015 #3

It may have been in there, I could only scan it before I almost threw up, but the eldest son is in libdem4life May 2015 #4

who ever heard of a 3 year statute of limitations on sexual abuse anyway passiveporcupine May 2015 #36

It takes the pressure off professionals to waste their time trying to help. I kid you not. In libdem4life May 2015 #37

Gawker is doing a good job exposing the whole insane mess BrotherIvan May 2015 #5

looks like child abuse to me eShirl May 2015 #6

They are disgusting pedos plain and simple BrotherIvan May 2015 #9

I hate what this religion is but our community has a yearly father daughter ball that has nothing jwirr May 2015 #13

It's the framing BrotherIvan May 2015 #15

I know where the F/D balls came from but they have new purpose today. A lot of fathers do not jwirr May 2015 #21

I think in order to be inclusive we should be saying BrotherIvan May 2015 #25

White and Christian. The hosts are the city. And this is far from either Christian or white. When jwirr May 2015 #29

I'm not down on your events BrotherIvan May 2015 #31

I do like the idea you had about being more inclusive. I have also been to a mother daughter/son jwirr May 2015 #35

not all father daughter dances are put together by Christians. I do agree that it would be better if liberal_at_heart May 2015 #30

Yes, I think the gender separation should be left behind BrotherIvan May 2015 #32

I have a picture of my daughter dancing with her daddy at a father daughter dance. She was about 6 liberal_at_heart May 2015 #16

Yes, our girls love this for a range of reasons. It is their first time to dress formally. They get jwirr May 2015 #22

It can be hard to give each kid the attention they need. I only have two children and still my liberal_at_heart May 2015 #23

That overweight Navy commander is the creepiest of them all. MADem May 2015 #17

Those poor children are being brainwashed and their parents are involving them in their BrotherIvan May 2015 #26

These pics give me the creeps workinclasszero May 2015 #19

At least people get to see that these "family values" people should NOT be BrotherIvan May 2015 #33

Absolutely nothing at all creepy about that. hifiguy May 2015 #24

Fathers can be great parents without holding the key to his daughter's sexuality BrotherIvan May 2015 #34

IMO many religions encourage blind faith of their church elders, pastors, and/or priests. rhett o rick May 2015 #7

Even on DU, people get scolded and branded "haters" and "bigots" for Arugula Latte May 2015 #20

It's sick shit Novara May 2015 #8

the guys in those pictures shouldn't be in relationships olddots May 2015 #10

Eeeeeeeuw. SunSeeker May 2015 #11

In Duggar world the girls belong to LibDemAlways May 2015 #12

Great article! DawgHouse May 2015 #14

I thought I read that this cult was started by a workinclasszero May 2015 #18

Google Bill Gothard wikipedia for his bio. n/t LibDemAlways May 2015 #38

Quiverfull of sexual predators. City Lights May 2015 #27

The more extreme members also deny pregnant women medical attention Warpy May 2015 #28