As a Conservative I have to say that I am pretty angry at the elder Duggars for making Conservatives look bad. If you are going to parade your huge family on the stage year after year, touting sexual purity, and chaperoning on “courting” dates, and waiting until engagement to hold hands, and waiting until marriage before kissing much less sexual intercourse, then you had better be able to stand up to scrutiny. I loved the Duggars. I agree with modesty and self-control. But having your dating children over age 18 chaperoned so they won’t even kiss a member of the opposite sex before marriage now seems a little ridiculous seeing as they could not chaperone their own son in their own house.
If the Duggars had lived in the days of the Judges, I fear their story might have become a cautionary tale of what not to do with your family and of the dangers of vanity and pride. I see some echo’s of the story of Eli the priest who would not reign in his out of control sons in the first book of Samuel. The sons caused much destruction in Israel and the Ark of the Covenant was wrenched out of Israel’s control until David brought it back into Jerusalem years later. Yet, God can bring the Duggars back,(just like David after his mistakes) humble and wiser, though maybe not as famous as before! God has integrity and isn’t shy about publically disciplining his children if they won’t receive discipline privately!