Bringing up Bates on UP TV

[Anastasi]

He was cleared of the charges. There are many people on the board of directors, to include Gil Bates. Bill Clinton had sex with a young intern in the Oval Office. I suppose all those on his staff had sex with their interns, since he did, and he was their boss, according to your standards, yes? I could go on and on, but I won't. Clearly, we all see your predjudice.

Not even a close comparison, apples to oranges.

A better comparison would be if Congress set the policy that the president and fellow congressmen should have sex with their interns. However, that is not a policy that was set by Congress, so your comparison doesn't make sense.

Endorsing blanket training is a policy set by the board of directors for the Institute.

The board did not find any criminal activity. Not that it says no criminal activity was found at this time to report to the authorities. However, the board certainly did find that he was inappropriate with the women.

From Christianpost.com:
However, Gothard was found to have "acted in an inappropriate manner" and shown "lack of discretion and failure to follow Christ's example of being blameless and above reproach."

"At this time the board unanimously agrees that Mr. Gothard is not permitted to serve in any counseling, leadership, or board role within the IBLP ministry"

There are more and more stories coming out from former members of the abuse of children and women. Here is one: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/micah-j-murray/growing-up-in-bill-gothar_b_5228166.html

These are the policies of the institute, set by the board of directors. That means that the board of directors approved the policies, which includes Gil Bates.

You seem to be taking this very personally. Are you a member of the IBLP?

 

[ronandannette]

In the early days the Duggars were not as savvy as they are now. They promoted blanket training in IBLP promotional materials and had info about Michael and Debbie Pearl's books on their website. There was even a watered down version of blanket training with a chair shown in a very early episode. When it came back to bite them they were able to scrub everything before it became widely known. I tend to think that the Bates probably learned from that and just never made that information widely known. ATI and IBLP don't seem like the type of organizations that allow their board members to stray too far from the program. When Kelly said she is less strict and mentions being tired, I took that to mean that the older kids are now responsible for discipline of the younger ones, not that they have it any easier. Until one of the kids breaks from the reservation and says exactly what goes on behind the scenes, I don't think we'll really know. But I do know it turns my stomach to see ATI conferences portrayed as just a non-denominational homeschool conference and Focus on the Family just produces wholesome podcasts for kids. Uh, no.

Focus on the Family does lots of things besides producing Adventures in Oddesy, but they're not Gothardites. What's your point?

 

[FlightlessDuck]

These are the policies of the institute, set by the board of directors. That means that the board of directors approved the policies, which includes Gil Bates.

Unless a policy requires a unanimous vote, it doesn't mean everyone on the board agrees with the policy. I don't watch the show and don't really know anything about any of the groups mentioned here, so I supposed it's possible (if not likely) that the Bates family does now or has in the past used blanket training, but you can't really use a policy voted for by a majority of a board as proof.

 

[Sehsun]

Bumping this thread up because I have started watching this show and am really enjoying it. The new season starts tomorrow!

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Is one of them named Norman? I hope one of them is named Norman...

 

[Hrhpd]

Yeah, no. Not watching another Gothard/Pearl family. Won't give them the viewer numbers.

 

[kidshop]

Another family selling themselves and their kids to earn money on a reality show...what could go wrong? That always turns out well.