Josh Duggar

[LaterBloomer]

Rebel100, In some ways I agree with you because government intervention doesn't always achieve the hoped-for goals. Kids of that age, and I don't hold myself innocent, do some stupid things. Especially when it comes to the sexual arena. Government intervention could do more harm than good. It's the disparity in ages, and the fact that it happened more than a few times that raises a red flag for me in this case. It's not two six-year olds playing doctor, or two young teens wanting "just to see."

I cannot tell you how many cases I've read in CPS where mother marries, shacks ups with, etc. a molester. (She doesn't know of his proclivities, or thinks he's changed.) He then proceeds to molest her kids. It's then discovered that she was molested as a child. Her response? "It happened to me, and I'm okay." No, lady. You aren't okay. Had your molestation issues been properly addressed, the likelihood that YOUR children would have been molested, in my mind, would have been reduced considerably. You would have recognized the signs of a molester. Rather than letting him be part of your family, you would have gone after him with a dull, rusty knife.

I won't question the family's faith. What I do question is their (or anyone else's) apparent belief that they are above the law. We are none of us above the law.