Stop Moms for Liberty is a group formed in reaction to the right-wing fanatics called “Moms for Liberty,” begun in 2021 to take material out of schools that relates to race, gender, or gay rights. Moms for Liberty has launched campaigns to take over school boards, get librarians fired, and remove any books or lessons they don’t like. Fortunately, more reasonable people have stepped forward and launched their own group, Stop Moms for Liberty.
In Monroe County the Chair of the county chapter of Moms for Liberty went on Facebook and threatened the Chair of the Stop Moms for Liberty, going as far as saying she knew where the kids of the Stop Moms Chair went to school. The Moms for Liberty Chair was found guilty of harassment and fined $200. She’s claiming a free speech right to threaten families.
I have no idea whether any members of the Lehighton Area School District are members of Moms for Liberty (couldn’t they just be honest and call themselves Moms for Censorship and Intimidation?), but from what I’ve read, it certainly wouldn’t surprise me.
The account of the Monroe case is in the June 2, 2023, Pocono Record, pp. 1A, 5A.
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