168,000 and Counting: Pro-Duggar Petition Surpasses Anti-Duggar Petition Demanding Their Show be Cancelled

Steve Jalsevac : Nov 24, 2014
LifeSiteNews

It's not just about TLC keeping the Duggar family show on their network. Christians around the country are sick of the anti-Christian bullying and erosion of their God-given rights. Have you let your voice be heard yet? Click here to view the PRO-Duggar petition.

Last week, a growing petition on Change.org demanding that TLC yank the Duggar's popular reality TV show "19 Kids and Counting" leapt into the national spotlight after huge mainstream media outlets like The Huffington Post, E!, and the Washington Post reported on the petition effort.

Meanwhile, a counter-petition supporting the Duggars started by LifeSiteNews just three days ago has received almost no media attention, relying instead on the power of grassroots support for the Duggars.

Today, Duggar fans proved that they are a force to be reckoned with.

Earlier today the pro-Duggar counter-petition easily breezed past the Change.org effort, amassing 168,000 signatures as of this writing, and still growing.

Meanwhile, the months-old anti-Duggar petition has more or less stalled at around 160,000 signatures.

The Change.org petition specifically criticizes Michelle Duggar, the mother of the large Christian family featured in TLC's "19 Kids and Counting," for opposing a "transgender" bill in Fayetteville.

It also criticizes Josh Duggar, one of Michelle's 19 children, for taking a job at the Family Research Council, a large conservative think-tank, which the petition describes as "a hate-filled, anti-gay organization." The FRC is a prominent supporter of traditional marriage.

Meanwhile, among those supporting the pro-Duggar petition have been the Benham Brothers, whose own reality TV show on HGTV was cancelled after gay activists launched a campaign highlighting their traditional Christian views, and social media star and former Fox News contributor Steven Crowder.