The family has been widely questioned in the media for their anti-gay, conservative “values voter” views.

The documents also revealed that Jim Bob blocked police requests to interview Josh.

However, since this documentary also starred the Duggars, it did little to squelch negative public judgement.

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It’s common knowledge that the Duggars have long chosen tohome schooltheir kids.

But did you know that the Christian curriculum they follow has its own share of sexual abuse scandals?

and “What factors in the home contributed to immodesty and temptation?”

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The similarities are eerie, no?

TheQuiverfull namecomes from Psalm 127 which compares one’s children to an archer’s quiver full of arrows.

In ablog poston her siteAbove Rubies, she called a fruitful womb a “weapon against Satan.”

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Michelle’s opinion was that new laws to protect these groups should be blocked.

Tragically, Michelle suffered a miscarriage.

One of the photos, along with a letter to her lost child read by Michelle is availablehere.

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Is this some bizarre or prescient nod to the Kardashian Klan?

Even though that would be amazing, that is unfortunately not the reason for the alliterative list.

Instead, as Michelle wrote in her blog, theinspirationcame from the Bible.

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They named their first son Joshua (of biblical fame), and things took off from there.

A set of twins came next.

So as long as they continue to encourage us to follow their story, we’re willing keep snooping.

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Doing so is never easy after a breach of trust.

Okay, that makes sense, actually.

But the strange practice is actually not one of the many family rules featured on19 Kids and Counting.

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They then released a striking photo of the kiss in aPeopleexclusive.

As Michelle puts it, in video footage from TLC, andquoted here byE!

We really should have."

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Wanna date a Duggar?

And it turns out, there are nearly as many rules as there are Duggar kids.

“Having that accountability really keeps things from going in the wrong direction,” according to Jim Bob.

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There are a lot of things you could learn from not pairing off alone."

Even a younger brother.

But don’t think it’s possible for you to just text your crush willy nilly.

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So you want to text your crush a little ‘goodnight selfie?’

Keep it PG you’re on family group chat!

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