by #KieraButler in #MotherJones:

“'Parents’ rights' is Moms for Liberty’s rallying cry. But they don’t mean every right. They’re decidedly unconcerned about a parent’s right to ensure that their gender nonconforming child is safe at school, for instance, or that their immunocompromised child is protected from Covid. Rather, the Moms who are for Liberty have mobilized around parental concerns that are decidedly conservative. They want to excise lessons on systemic racism, LGBTQ-friendly books, accommodations for transgender students, and Covid mitigations like vaccine and mask mandates. They want to defend the Second Amendment rights that have allowed school shooters to obtain weapons. They work toward these goals with an unflagging spirit of good cheer—hence the 'joyful warriors' conference theme. 'People want to be around joyful people,' one presenter said. 'They don’t necessarily want to be around angry, screaming, yelling people, or it’s not going to grow.'”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/08/the-most-powerful-moms-in-america-are-the-new-face-of-the-republican-party/

#parents #COVID19 #trans #vaccines

by #KieraButler in #MotherJones:

"Lawyers have found a way to cash in on outrage over mask mandates and vaccines."

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/04/the-coming-tidal-wave-of-right-wing-covid-lawsuits/

#COVID19 #covid #Coronavirus #lawsuits #litigation #vaccines #vaccination #masks #MaskMandates