Fans are asking if Jason Duggar honeymooned in Greece.
They also speculate that he and his fiancée may have broken some Duggar rules. And no, they’re not the ones you think.
In early October, Jason Duggar married Maddie Grace.
Fans have some accusations — and, perhaps, misunderstandings — about Jason’s postnuptial plans with his new wife.
Did Jason Duggar and Maddie Grace Plan a Honeymoon in Greece?
On October 3, Jason Duggar married Maddie Grace. The two had only been engaged for a few months and had only been in a relationship — or close enough to one, by Duggar standards — for three months before that.
The extensive guest list included many Duggars. The same happened with the wedding party. Jedidiah Duggar served as Jason’s godfather.
James Dugar, Justin Duggar and Jackson Duggar were engaged. Johanna Duggar, Jennifer Duggar, Jordan Duggar, and even little Josie Duggar were among Maddie’s bridesmaids.
Upon sharing the news of their wedding, Jason Duggar and his new wife Maddie Grace revealed their honeymoon plans.
It’s unclear where the idea for them to embark on their honeymoon in Greece originated. But it’s not true.
However, it is not far away. Joe Duggar and his wife, Kendra, honeymooned in Greece. And Jason and Maddie planned their honeymoon for a different Mediterranean peninsula: Italy.
Did Jason Duggar break any family rules?
Most of the Duggars have broken some of the strict fundamentalist rules that Jim Bob once defended. In some cases, the rules were just for show. Sensational restrictions on skirts and trousers were, perhaps, a smoke screen for more abusive practices within the cult.
However, some of the rules are very serious. The Duggars went to great lengths to isolate themselves from any secular media. Only a few of the Duggar adults have come to openly enjoy aspects of society that their family teaches is overrun by the real, literal influence of the devil.
Jason recently shared on social media that he was apparently watching a movie that the Duggars were going to never endorse.
As users in Reddit recently discussed, Jason Duggar was watching Mom Mia.
Mom Mia is a musical that features the music of Abba, with beloved European pop songs woven into a story.
In addition to Abba’s music consisting of bangers and possibly numerous gay anthems, the story itself is completely at odds with the Duggar cult. The story revolves around a mother and daughter where neither of them knows the identity of the girl’s biological father because her mother may have conceived with a handful of men. It’s not an unrealistic scenario — but absolutely unthinkable in the Duggar world.
In fact, this may (technically) be within the rules
One of the central tenets of the Duggar brand of Christian fundamentalism is establishing the father and husband as rulers of the family. Their God comes first, but it is the husband and father who essentially own the wife and children as property until the children are married.
Jason can set his own rules for his family, including how his wife can dress. The rules of this horrific cult strongly suggest specific levels of modesty – and more – but until Jason is called to account by the family church or pressured financially by Jim Bob, he and Maddie could, theoretically, watch whatever they want.
Jason Duggar is a 24-year-old man. But it’s possible he only gained the freedom to choose which family musicals to watch when he got married. (It’s also possible he discreetly viewed other “mundane” media before this, of course)