February 11, 2015
Anna Duggar Retweets Racist, Anti-Abortion Group
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Anna Duggar, wife to Josh Duggar the eldest of the reality TV mega family's progeny, is drawing fire over a retweet she sent that hijacked the hashtags #BlackLivesMatter and #BlackHistoryMonth from an anti-abortion group that has a history of being at odds with the NAACP.
InTouch Weekly reports that the "19 Kids and Counting" star took to her Twitter account on February 2 to share a message from Radiance Foundation that reads: "Human beings should be remembered not dismembered. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackLivesMatter #AllLivesMatter." Accompanying the tweet was a meme that reads: "Because of the violence of abortion over 16 million black people are history."�
Opposing Views reports Duggar's retweet caused a firestorm of backlash on Twitter.
"So full of Christian love NOT!," @kekemr replied. "And you have so many African-American friends NOT No longer watch the show!"
"You are one of the most ignorant people to have ever walked this earth how dare you post that disgusting quote!" @jeanadorsey wrote. "You have no idea of the struggles and heartache of being African American has been and is how hard it is to get people to ... accept black history month as a month in general."
According to Law 360, in 2014, a Virginia federal judge ruled that the Radiance Foundation was guilty of trademark infringement and dilution by using the phrase "National Association for the Abortion of Colored People" in literature criticizing the NAACP's purported stance on abortion.
The hashtag "BlackLivesMatter" was created by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, who according to The Feminist Wire identify as queer in the wake of the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
The Duggar Family is part of the Quiverfull movement, a fringe sect of Christianity that encourages women to have as many children as their bodies will allow. In January, EDGE reported that the family forbade their daughter Jill, a midwife, from assisting in the birth of a child born to her unwed relative.
Anna Duggar is married to Josh Duggar, Executive Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center and designated anti-gay hate group the Family Research Council.
