Thursday, October 13, 2005

1 mother, 16 children

Yes, it's true: "Michelle Duggar just delivered her 16th child, and she's already thinking about doing it again." More from CNN:

Jim Bob Duggar, 40, said he and Michelle, 39, want more children.

"We both just love children and we consider each a blessing from the Lord. I have asked Michelle if she wants more and she said yes, if the Lord wants to give us some she will accept them," he said in a telephone interview...

Michelle Duggar, 39, had her first child at age 21, four years after the couple married.

Their children include two sets of twins, and each child has a name beginning with the letter "J": Joshua, 17; John David, 15; Janna, 15; Jill, 14; Jessa, 12; Jinger, 11; Joseph, 10; Josiah, 9; Joy-Anna, 8; Jeremiah, 6; Jedidiah, 6; Jason, 5; James, 4; Justin, 2; Jackson Levi, 1; and now Johannah.

How nice of "the Lord," but let me be more blunt: This has nothing to do with God or a god or the gods. Rather, it has everything to do with Jim and Michelle fornicating without birth control while maintaining a child-like belief in divine omnipotence.

Faith is no excuse for ignorance and irresponsibility.

Someone needs to tell them to stop. Now.

(And what kind of a name is "Jinger"? And "Joy-Anna"? And "Jessa"? One wonders what "the Lord" has in store for these kids. The whole lot of 'em.)

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