Jim Bob Duggar isn't remotely afraid of 19 Kids & Counting getting pulled because of a petition floating around calling for TLC to cancel the reality show.
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"Our show is the number one show on TLC. We love everybody. It's a small group creating this fuss. All it has done is give us more exposure," Jim Bob, 49, said while speaking at Hannibal-LaGrange University late last month. "We love everybody, but we don't always agree with them."
Jim Bob reportedly insisted the petition was actually counter-effective.
"We've gained 50,000 Facebook fans last week," revealed the father of 19 children, who received death threats prior to his appearance at the school and therefore needed extra security. "God is expanding our borders through the national media."
The Change.org petition wants to shut down 19 Kids & Counting to allegedly "end LGBTQ fear mongering by the Duggars." Matriarch Michelle Duggar previously made an anti-gay comment that has since outraged the LGBT community.
Michelle publicly opposed an anti-discrimination ordinance in her Fayetteville hometown in Arkansas that would reportedly allow transgender men "to use women's and girls' restrooms, locker rooms, showers, sleeping areas and other areas that are designated for females only," according to the Hollywood Reporter.
In explaining her position, the devout Catholic basically told Fayetteville citizens she believes transgender individuals are sexual predators.
A few weeks before that, Michelle and Jim Bob executed a "kissing challenge" on their Facebook page for married couples but reportedly excluded gay couples.
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