Jim Bob Duggar, whose son, Josh, apologized for reportedly molesting his young sisters when he was a teenager, took a tough stance on sexual assault when he was a politician. For treatment, his son was sent to a help remodel a building in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Jim Bob Duggar, center, Josh Duggar, left, and another Duggar son in 1999.
Jim Bob Duggar advocated for strong punishment for sexual assault offenders while he was an elected official and political candidate.
His son, Josh Duggar, who starred with the rest of his family on TLC's 19 Kids and Counting, has been accused of molesting five young girls, including some of his young sisters.
Josh Duggar, now 27, has apologized for what he called behaving "inexcusably," and his parents said their son had made some "very bad mistakes." The incidents allegedly occurred in 2002 and 2003, when Josh Duggar was 14.
At the time, the Duggars told law enforcement authorities they sent Josh to a Christian program involving hard work and counseling. When police later interviewed Michelle Duggar she said Josh was really sent to a friend in Little Rock, Arkansas, who ran a home remodeling business and was somewhat of a mentor.
The Duggars in an undated photograph.
In 2002, Jim Bob Duggar ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate against then-incumbent Sen. Tim Hutchinson.
He wrote in materials for his failed campaign that he believed incest should be punished by death, according to a now-defunct website. The stance was first reported by Gawker.
Duggar was trounced by Hutchinson in the May primary election, and his campaign website is no longer active online.
Duggar explained the stance on the "issues" page of his website, where he discussed everything from taxes to religion.
He said this in a section dealing with abortion:
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