christiefan915
Catalyst
I wonder why sects like this don't get more media attention. This seems really similar to what some people criticize about Muslim fundies.
Happy news for a Friday: Once in awhile, the good guys win. This time the victory is over a scary fundamentalist cult, usually called “Quiverfull,” that has been making unfortunate inroads in recent years in spreading its alarming message of extreme patriarchy, where women aren’t allowed to use birth control and have no real rights, and are instead expected to live a life of complete submission to male authority. The famous Duggar family, which has seemingly innumerable shows on TLC, has been surprisingly successful at shining up the public image of this miserable cult, even though they have recently had a setback with the revelation that the eldest son, Josh Duggar, molested his sisters as a kid.
Wednesday, writer Vyckie Garrison, who escaped the Quiverfull lifestyle herself some years ago, wrote a piece for Raw Story exposing the plans of some Quiverfull devotees to hold a retreat in Wichita, Kansas for the purpose of parents finding people to marry their children off to. Yes, in America in the 21st century, these folks were going to get together to force marriages for their children. Marriages those children aren’t really going to have much, if any, say about.
“Quiverfull patriarch, Vaughn Ohlman, who runs a website promoting early, “fruitful” marriage for Truly True Christian™ children,” Garrison writes, “has announced plans for a “Get Them Married!” retreat where fundamentalist fathers will find, and TAKE, suitably submissive young brides to bear many babies for their adolescent sons.”
There can be no real doubt that the intention of this event was arranged marriages for teenagers. On his website, Ohlman argues that “marriage (in order to be timely and to accomplish its purposes) ought to happen before the age of twenty for almost everyone.” While denying that he would marry girls of 12 off, he argues that once her breasts develop and her body is “physically mature enough to handle” childbirth “without damage”, it’s time for her to marry.
They’re allowed to say yes but they can’t say no. Which is to say that his version of “consent” is not consent at all.
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http://www.salon.com/2016/05/06/arr...p_tied_to_duggars_tries_to_get_teens_hitched/
Happy news for a Friday: Once in awhile, the good guys win. This time the victory is over a scary fundamentalist cult, usually called “Quiverfull,” that has been making unfortunate inroads in recent years in spreading its alarming message of extreme patriarchy, where women aren’t allowed to use birth control and have no real rights, and are instead expected to live a life of complete submission to male authority. The famous Duggar family, which has seemingly innumerable shows on TLC, has been surprisingly successful at shining up the public image of this miserable cult, even though they have recently had a setback with the revelation that the eldest son, Josh Duggar, molested his sisters as a kid.
Wednesday, writer Vyckie Garrison, who escaped the Quiverfull lifestyle herself some years ago, wrote a piece for Raw Story exposing the plans of some Quiverfull devotees to hold a retreat in Wichita, Kansas for the purpose of parents finding people to marry their children off to. Yes, in America in the 21st century, these folks were going to get together to force marriages for their children. Marriages those children aren’t really going to have much, if any, say about.
“Quiverfull patriarch, Vaughn Ohlman, who runs a website promoting early, “fruitful” marriage for Truly True Christian™ children,” Garrison writes, “has announced plans for a “Get Them Married!” retreat where fundamentalist fathers will find, and TAKE, suitably submissive young brides to bear many babies for their adolescent sons.”
There can be no real doubt that the intention of this event was arranged marriages for teenagers. On his website, Ohlman argues that “marriage (in order to be timely and to accomplish its purposes) ought to happen before the age of twenty for almost everyone.” While denying that he would marry girls of 12 off, he argues that once her breasts develop and her body is “physically mature enough to handle” childbirth “without damage”, it’s time for her to marry.
They’re allowed to say yes but they can’t say no. Which is to say that his version of “consent” is not consent at all.
(Continued)
http://www.salon.com/2016/05/06/arr...p_tied_to_duggars_tries_to_get_teens_hitched/
