Moms! The Good Guys.

Moms the good guys! A group of moms have formed against “Moms for Liberty” this group is called, Parenting with Pride!

‘Parenting with Pride’ aims to take on conservative Moms for Liberty in schools

Orlando Sentinel

By Desiree Stennett

August 15, 2023

About a dozen parents and supporters gathered outside Orange County Public Schools’ downtown headquarters to announce the start of Parenting with Pride, a new program launched by Equality Florida to combat conservative organizations like Moms for Liberty, which have pushed for new laws and policies that progressive activists fear have already begun to harm LGBTQ and minority students.

“This is what Florida families really look like,” said Brandon Wolf, spokesperson for Equality Florida as he gestured to the group of people with varying races, gender identities, sexualities and immigration statuses who had come to support the new initiative. “For years, parents and families just like the ones behind me have been under assault. … Politicians have waged war on these families turning their classrooms into political battlefields and descending school districts into utter chaos. But today marks a turning of the tide. Today marks a rise in the resistance against that agenda.”

Yea! Florida! What a great idea!

They aim to counteract the other Moms’ group.

As organizations like the Florida-based Moms for Liberty have gained more influence over school boards in Central Florida and across the state, they have championed policies that ban discussions about sexual orientation in schools, prohibit transgender student-athletes from playing on the teams that match their gender identity, and ban books, many by minority and LGBTQ authors.

Moms for Liberty, which was recently named an extremist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and has ties to members of hate groups, has gotten support from Gov. Ron DeSantis and other conservative politicians who have passed new laws and changed policies leading to sweeping changes in Florida’s public schools.

These MoLs scream at Board of Ed meeting about “Parental Rights” but ignore other parent rights. They ignore the rights of minority parents! They ignore the rights of parents of LGBTQ+ students! They ignore the rights of immigrates parents! The only ones they want rights for are evangelical Christians parents.

“Being part of an LGBTQ+ family comes with so many trials and tribulations yet at the same time with so many joys and victories because we so intentionally create our families,” Quiroga said. “So to know that we are in a time where the state of Florida is trying to erase us, telling us that these efforts are being done in the name of parent rights the true question has the be, for which parents and for whose rights?”

My family value is “love.”