The lesbian aunt isn't on Jim Bob's side. It is Michelle's sister Evelyn who Josh is referring to and claims is anti gay marriage.
Also yes, I'm not really sure about all that - I had just seen some folks online saying that it is not unheard of, but I can't really speak to that
It's kinda heartbreaking that pastor BS is officiating his funeral- because they're only kidding when they say "love the sinner," when it comes to alleged sins like sincere love/marriage.
And I love/s how JB and kids talked about the gay (as if it were bad) in Meech's side of the family! Ignoring it in his own. Every time I learn something new about JB, and it's not about abuse or crime, it's another example of his being an AH.
I didn't get into it on here, but I totally agree. The only way I think this would be OK is if Tommy knew Ben and liked him, and/or went to his church - but with their bigotry I really doubt that - if Tommy and his husband were churchgoers (which is very possible), I doubt they would go to his church for that reason and find a more progressive one instead.
Michelle is (IMO) definitely troubling enough, but I truly feel and have always felt that JB was far more troubling, and manipulative, and evil. JMO. She is (obviously) far from a perfect mother, but I think it says something that Jill and Jinger appear to basically be entirely cut off from JB, but both (more-so Jinger, who I have always felt was one of Michelle's favorites) maintain a relationship with Michelle. JMO.
Isn't Jim Bob’s son-in-law going to officiate the funeral? Is he a minister or pastor?
Ben Seewald, Jessa Duggar's husband.
Yes, Ben Seewald is JB's son-in-law. He is a pastor.
He's in an air conditioned federal prison‘Man Down!’: Surviving the Texas Heat in Prisons Without Air-Conditioning (Published 2023)
The record June heat has been particularly dangerous inside the state’s prisons, where indoor temperatures can top 110 degrees.www.nytimes.com
I hope Josh enjoys his time in Texas.
Yes!!! What a knucklehead, Lol, from the link:
?” and that he declined to say whether he had looked at such material online, comments that were later used as evidence in the trial.
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I'm an attorney and I thought his defense was weak too but more because the defense attorneys had nothing to work with. There was very solid circumstantial evidence and an excellent prosecution. There was digital evidence that JD was at the dealership at the time that the CSAM was downloaded and no else could have done it. Then add JD asking "Are you looking for CSAM?" I would bet 99/100 people would NOT ask that question. The one defense, that another employee did it, was excluded by the judge (rightfully I think) on the basis that the man had proof he wasn't in the state at the time of the download! Then JD's history with molesting his sisters/kids - those are not the type of witnesses the defense could attack without risking further alienating the jury. Plus, yeah, JD cuts a very unsympathetic figure.
Appeals court upholds Josh Duggar's conviction for downloading child sex abuse images
A federal appeals court has upheld Josh Duggar's conviction for downloading child sexual abuse images. The 8th U.S.
It is interesting, because I was surprised during the trial, that the defense seemed to be quite weak to me. Especially given the amazing "dream team". I sort of wonder, if given the sort of sick, twisted content Duggar was downloading, that maybe their defense wasn't exactly zealous.
And, I don't think that the appeals court really has much sympathy for a case like this.
Yay!!!!
