August 22, 2015 | Sex & Society

More trouble for Josh Duggar

Josh Duggar is not a nice man. He has, along with his family, fought against gay rights and trans rights. He has called the gay "agenda" dangerous. He has condemned gay marriage as evil. And all the while he was claiming his own marriage was an example of how God intended men and women to live.

Then, a few months back, it was revealed that he was guilty of molesting some of his sisters and a female babysitter. He didn't deny it. His parents, who knew it happened, claimed that Josh got the help he needed (not through legal channels, but thanks to a friend's Christian counselling service).

TLC pulled the Duggar's TV show 19 Kids and Counting (after dragging its feet for months, afraid to lose its cash cow). The family has yet to recover from the negative publicity.

Well, Josh is back in the news. The "great" family man is a cheater and a liar. His dalliances have been exposed through the recent Ashley Madison leak, in which hackers exposed the pro-adultery website's members, their e-mails and credit card information. Good ol' Josh even had two accounts. A secret Facebook profile was also revealed, in which he was friends with female strippers.

"“I have been the biggest hypocrite ever,” he revealed in a statement. “While espousing faith and family values, I have been unfaithful to my wife.”

He continued:

I brought hurt and a reproach to my family, close friends and the fans of our show with my actions that happened when I was 14-15 years old, and now I have re-broken their trust.

 

The last few years, while publicly stating I was fighting against immorality in our country, I was hiding my own personal failings.

 

As I am learning the hard way, we have the freedom to choose to our actions, but we do not get to choose our consequences. I deeply regret all hurt I have caused so many by being such a bad example.