Josh Duggar has been referred to as an " anti-gay activist" by GLAAD, a pro- LGBT rights organization. He described his family as the "epitome of conservative values" and advocates for what he terms "family-centered" and conservative Christian right political viewpoints, including opposition to abortion, divorce, and gay marriage. He campaigned for Republican Senate candidates in Kansas, Mississippi, and Virginia before the 2014 midterm elections. While working at FRC Action, conservative Republican candidates valued Duggar as a way to advance their messages to his constituents. He further stated, "The big part of Josh's focus is going to be building our grass-roots across the country".
Family Research Council president Tony Perkins said that by hiring Duggar they hoped to appeal to more young people by tapping into the popularity of the Duggar family TV series. When describing his position with the organization, he stated that he would be focused on "engaging the grassroots and taking the message of faith, family and freedom all across America". įrom June 2013 to May 2015, he was executive director of FRC Action, a political action and lobbying organization sponsored by the Family Research Council. In 2012, Duggar addressed rallies for the Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. In 2008, he worked on the Republican presidential primary campaign of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. Duggar has also been active in conservative politics while running a car dealership he worked as a part-time political consultant in 2007 under the business name Strategic Political Services. When Duggar was a teenager, his father, Jim Bob Duggar, was a two-term Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. The episode included the Duggars announcing the ultrasound showed they were having another girl. Duggar and his wife announced the expected birth of their fourth child on an episode titled Anna's Having A., which aired May 12, 2015. A special titled Josh & Anna: Our Story aired on October 22, 2013, which reviewed the couple's first five years of marriage. Multiple episodes document Duggar's children including: GrandDuggar's First Birthday airing December 7, 2010, where Duggar celebrates his daughter Mackynzie's first birthday and announces the expected birth of their second child First Grandson, airing June 19, 2011, featured Duggar and his wife introducing their second child, Michael James and GrandDuggar Makes 3! airing June 16, 2013, a Father's Day special introducing the Duggars' third baby, Marcus Anthony.
Duggar and his wife have stated they saved their first kiss for their wedding day. It included the wedding planning, preparation, rehearsal, ceremony and reception. The wedding of Josh Duggar and Anna Keller was featured in a show episode titled A Very Duggar Wedding airing on January 25, 2009.
Starting in 2005, he appeared on earlier shows about his family on Discovery Health, when Duggar was 17 years old.
Career Reality television personality ĭuggar appeared on TLC as part of the reality program, 19 Kids and Counting. On September 26, 2008, Anna Renée Keller and Duggar, both 20 years old, were married at the Buford Grove Baptist Church in Hilliard, Florida. Duggar was homeschooled and passed Arkansas's state test for a general equivalency diploma at the age of 16. He is of Scottish, English, and Irish descent. Personal life Early life ĭuggar was born in Tontitown in Washington County in Northwestern Arkansas, on March 3, 1988, to James Robert and Michelle Annette Ruark Duggar.
Joshua James Duggar (born March 3, 1988) is an American convicted sex offender and former reality television personality from the series 19 Kids and Counting. Possession of child pornography (18 U.S.C. 18 siblings, including Jana, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, and Joy-Anna