The Southern Poverty Law Center said that the right-wing group is “making waves for intimidating and harassing teachers and school officials.”
The Southern Poverty Law Center labeled the controversial right-wing organization Moms for Liberty as an “anti-government extremist group” in its annualMoms for Liberty has gained recognition for actively pursuing an anti-LGBTQ+ agenda at school boards and with state-level legislation.Billing itself as a defender of “parental rights at all levels of government,” Moms for Liberty began with some Florida women who said they had concerns over COVID safety measures in schools.
“Since the group’s 2021 founding, Moms for Liberty members across the nation have been making waves for intimidating and harassing teachers and school officials. They have publicly battled teachers’ unions, labeling them as ‘cartels’ and ‘terrorist organizations,’” the report said. “Name-calling parents who want to be a part of their child’s education as ‘hate groups’ or ‘bigoted’ just further exposes what this battle is all about: Who fundamentally gets to decide what is taught to our kids in school - parents or government employees? We believe that parental rights do not stop at the classroom door and no amount of hate from groups like this is going to stop that,” they added.that SPLC’s designation was “reckless” and without merit.
“Schools, especially, have been on the receiving end of ramped-up and coordinated hard-right attacks, frequently through the guise of ‘parents’ rights’ groups,” SLPC said in the report.While claiming to be nonpartisan, Moms for Liberty has garnered backing from Republican officials, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis,
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