It's a girl - again - for the Duggars. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar welcomed their 17th child, and seventh daughter, into the world Thursday.
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Less than 30 minutes after giving birth, the Duggars already were talking of having more. "We'd love to have more," Michelle said, adding that the girls are outnumbered seven to 10 in the family. "We love the ruffles and lace."
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"We are just so grateful to God for another gift from him," said Jim Bob Duggar, 42, a former state representative. "We are just so thankful to him that everything went just very well."
These people are obviously Quiverfull - the AP article reports that all the children are home schooled - as a quick Google shows. These people are fundamentalists of the most ridiculous and scary order. Even without the fundamentalism I would argue that more kids means less free time and love to spend on each one - especially when you get to 17 - but the entrenched patriarchal male and submissive female roles are disgusting and the idea that you need to fight some war is ridiculous. Fundamentalism is about people not being able to brook dissent from what they believe. It is both immature and harmful.
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