Moms for America, founded in 2004, has a threefold mission to “Empower Moms, Promote Liberty, and Raise Patriots.” This month, that mission has landed them on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “Hate Map.”
The SPLC labeled Moms for America as an “anti-government” organization for advocating “individual liberties and constitutional principles which entails fighting against government overreach and standing up to efforts to restrict individual liberties.”
The Southern Poverty Law Center was founded in 1971 as a civil rights law firm. The group has since evolved from pioneering civil rights to publishing its famous “Hate Map.” The map displays what the SPLC has labeled “hate groups.”
The SPLC lumps the “hate groups” together under ideological categories that include “Constitutional Sheriffs,” “Christian Identity,” “General Hate,” and “Radical Traditional Catholicism.”
Placement on the map is not without consequences.
Amazon has used the map to bar organizations from using their Amazon Smile program to receive donations. More serious consequences include an attempted mass shooting at Family Research Council Headquarters in 2012. The potential shooter saw that SPLC had labeled the Family Research Council as “anti-gay” and told the FBI that the Hate Map led him right to their door.
Critics have called the SPLC “extreme” for continuing to release hate maps that include pro-life and parental choice organizations on the same list as the KKK and neo-Nazi organizations. The group has also faced several scandals that have discredited the organization, including the resignation of co-founder Morris Dees after allegations of misogyny and racism.
Moms for America founder Kimberly Fletcher, in the organization’s press release following their placement on the map, stated, “It’s hard to believe that we’ve reached the point where moms get compared to domestic terrorists for loving their kids and their country.”
Moms for America shows no sign of backing down or abandoning their mission.
“It is SPLC that is the hate group, not freedom-loving moms,” Fletcher declared in the press release.
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