I believe that anybody who wants to raise a big family can find as many kids as they want already born and in the foster care system who would benefit from a home.

See, I just don't understand this attitude. Why in the world would reproductive choice only include reducing your family size and not increasing it? I mean, there are all sorts of reasons to have a large family, or no family at all, but why is one choice better than the other? (I'm actualy not trying to talk about abortion here, but the "freedom of choice" phrase just keeps popping in my head.)

I guess part of the reason I react so strongly to this is that I had a lot of beliefs about breast feeding toddlers and cloth diapers and so on, and then I had my own baby to think about and some stuff that had seemed weird now made sense. I'm sure some of my friends think I'm weird for choosing, say, cloth diapers, but it made sense to me. I can't help but apply that reasoning to the Duggars.

The gender stuff does skeeve me a bit. I'd nope that if one of the daughters grew up to be a fighter pilot or the son an interior decorater, that he/she would stll be loved and accepted by the family.