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9. In the heavy duty fundamentalist world, a girl is
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 12:07 PM
Sep 2018

subject to the will of her father until he turns her over to a husband who then takes control. TV's Duggar family is a prime example. The father controls how daughters dress, wear their hair, what activites they can engage in, and what, if anything, besides the Bible they can study. They are forbidden to hold paying jobs outside the home and must live at home until the father approves a suitable "Godly" young man for a no kisses courtship followed by marriage. At that time, the young woman becomes subject to her husband's authority and begins to serve as a breeder for the next generation.

It is horrifying, but it is real. And no way would their father or husband permit them to vote for a Democrat. Ever.

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