Posted on 11/22/2014 8:01:59 PM PST by Morgana
After just two days, a petition in support of the Duggar family is poised to overtake a separate petition on Change.org attacking the family for their conservative beliefs on the family that was launched in September, and that received a flurry of media coverage this week.
The anti-Duggar petition criticizes Michelle Duggar, the mother of the large Christian family featured in TLC's "19 Kids and Counting," for opposing a "transgender" bill in Fayetteville, and demands that TLC yank the Duggars' who from the air.
After large mainstream media outlets, including E!, the Huffington Post, and the Washington Post, highlighted that petition effort this week, the petition picked up speed, gathering over 140,000 signatures, and even more media coverage.
However a counter-petition launched by LifeSiteNews on Thursday has rocketed upwards, gathering over 120,000 signatures in less than two days, and is continuing to gather new signatures at lightning speed.
Click here to sign the petition.
Unlike the Change.org petition, the pro-Duggar petition has received almost no help from the media.
However, LifeSiteNews petition does have big name stars backing it, including the Benham Brothers, whose own reality TV show on HGTV was cancelled after gay activists launched a campaign highlighting their traditional Christian views, and social media star and former Fox News contributer Steven Crowder.
The Benham Brothers have condemned the effort to remove the Duggars as being part of "the same intolerant agenda that attacked our family."
That agenda "is now demonizing one of the most wholesome families in America," said the brothers. "The Duggars have always been an example of Christian love for each other and society. It’s time for Americans to stand with them against this latest manifestation of anti-Christian bullying."
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Don’t you long for the days when Liberals said if you didn’t like something that was on TV, change the channel?
Oh for God's sake. If you don't like the Duggars or their beliefs then don't watch the show. Case closed.
I sighed
Come think of it Michelle can say jack she may be in public eye but she also teaching like this it as public person come on
The gays are don’t get it don’t matter with them Freedom of Speech all you Drama Queens
I thought the Queens were woman enough for Michelle dissing on same sex marriage bans
Not by a long shot; not with these people. They are not "live and let live" types. They insist you agree and support their lifestyle. If you don't, you are evil. If you are informed by your religion on this subject, your religion is evil. If your religious beliefs prevent you from participating in any way in their sham marriage; then your business must be destroyed.
The Duggars are just the latest target; but, they won't be the last because this type of person is never satisfied. If they don't get what they want, they just press down on the gas pedal for more outrage. If they do get what they want; well, they just move on to the next thing/person/show/business that they find offensive; and, the dance begins all over again. The Duck Dynasty patriarch responded in the correct way and faced them down. I hope the Duggars do the same.
Woo Hoo!!!
Keep it up people!
I agree 100% percent.
It would be nice if that was the case, but any suggestion of contrary thought or belief is fair game for these people. Brandon Eichs, for instance, got it from the fact that his records were thrown to tje wolves. There is no avoiding these people. It’s only a matter of time before they start picking on people just for belonging to evil religions. And those private details will override any decency you demonstrate in everyday life. Ask the Benham brothers, it mattered more than the fact thay they visibly dealt kindly even with same sex couples on TV. Didn’t matter. What’s scary is that any group I can think of in history who was that over the top in classifying their opposition, was anything but decent.
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