{"id":1966060,"date":"2023-07-06T19:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T23:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/splc-labels-parents-as-perpetrators-of-hate-gets-white-house-welcome\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T19:23:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T23:23:29","slug":"splc-labels-parents-as-perpetrators-of-hate-gets-white-house-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/splc-labels-parents-as-perpetrators-of-hate-gets-white-house-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"SPLC accuses parents of hate, receives White House reception."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsplc-labels-parents-as-perpetrators-of-hate-gets-white-house-welcome%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1966060&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Serious questions have arisen about whether the White House encouraged the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to label parental rights groups as \u201cextremist\u201d in its most recent \u201cThe Year in Hate Extremism\u201d report.<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Just last week, two U.S. Senators and 10 members of Congress sent President Joe Biden a letter questioning the purpose of a curious meeting between the SPLC and the National Security Council. And it has come to light that White House visitor logs reflect multiple meetings between the SPLC and the president himself over the last few years.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Parents as a Powerful Force<\/h3>\n<p>Parents have become a target because they are a powerful force in American society. From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prageru-what-are-your-kids-learning-in-school\/\" title=\"PragerU: What Are Your Kids Learning In School?\">local school board meetings<\/a> to the halls of Congress, concerned parents are speaking out \u2014 influencing elections, seeking redress in courts of law, and impacting public opinion.<\/p>\n<h3>The SPLC&#8217;s &#8220;Hate Map&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>According to the SPLC\u2019s \u201cHate Map,\u201d however, average American moms and dads are not loving by any means. Instead, the SPLC wants us to believe that ordinary parents are the new perpetuators of hate in American society.<\/p>\n<h3>Targeting Parent Groups<\/h3>\n<p>Once a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adl-changes-definition-of-racism-again-after-breitbart-news-report-asks-public-for-help\/\" title=\"ADL Changes Definition of 'Racism' Again After Breitbart News Report; Asks Public for Help\">respected civil rights organization<\/a>, the SPLC is now targeting parent groups by disingenuously categorizing them with organizations like the American Nazi Party and Ku Klux Klan \u2014 equating \u201chate\u201d with political disagreement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-j-k-rowling-blacklisted-from-harry-potter-reunion\/\" title=\"Nolte: J.K. Rowling Blacklisted from 'Harry Potter' Reunion\">hot-button cultural issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Inflating &#8220;Hate&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>A recent analysis demonstrated how the SPLC actually inflates \u201chate\u201d by at least 267%, padding numbers by counting every regional chapter of Moms for Liberty, or by slapping the \u201chate\u201d label on groups that disagree with the SPLC\u2019s radical political positions.<\/p>\n<h3>Preserving Parental Rights<\/h3>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-democrats-lose-historic-advantage-in-handling-education-ahead-of-midterms\/\" title=\"Poll: Democrats Lose Historic Advantage in Handling Education Ahead of Midterms\">parental rights movement<\/a> has gained momentum across mainstream America, the SPLC\u2019s strategy to shame and silence dissent has shifted from conservative organizations to parents. Nearly 25% of the \u201chate and anti-government groups\u201d listed on the SPLC\u2019s 2022 \u201cHate Map\u201d are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/splc-labels-parents-as-perpetrators-of-hate-gets-white-house-welcome\/\" title=\"SPLC accuses parents of hate, receives White House reception.\">parental rights advocacy groups united<\/a> around common concern for their children, their communities, and the foundational liberties and institutions which sustain the American way of life.<\/p>\n<h3>Motivated by Love, Not Hate<\/h3>\n<p>These parent organizations are not promoting anti-American sentiments or seeking to overthrow the U.S. government. Quite the opposite. Made up of religiously, racially, and ethnically diverse parents, these groups are working only to preserve the American family and the innocence of children.<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting Parental Rights<\/h3>\n<p>Such parent-led groups have proliferated in recent years as parental rights have come under increasing threat. They were born of necessity in response to the rapid promulgation of harmful school policies, ideologically driven curriculum, and anti-parent legislation \u2014 all of which unlawfully encroach on the enduring tradition of the family structure and erode the historically protected rights of parents to raise their children without illegitimate governmental interference.<\/p>\n<h3>Exercising Constitutional Rights<\/h3>\n<p>Parents deserve laws and policies that provide government accountability, offer choices regarding their child\u2019s education and health care, and demand transparency when their child expresses confusion about their sex and a desire to be called by a different name and pronouns at school.<\/p>\n<h3>The Promise to America&#8217;s Parents<\/h3>\n<p>A coalition of groups on the SPLC\u2019s \u201cHate Map,\u201d including No Left Turn in Education and Eagle Forum, support the Promise to America\u2019s Parents, which provides a roadmap for parents, faith leaders, and lawmakers to work together and act to safeguard children and their families. These groups \u2014 and all parents \u2014 should be able to exercise their constitutionally protected freedoms without being labeled \u201canti-government extremists.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting Parental Rights as a Fundamental Right<\/h3>\n<p>Based on 100 years of Supreme Court jurisprudence, parents have the fundamental right to direct the upbringing, care, and education of their children in accordance with their moral values and religious beliefs. It is deeply rooted in American history and tradition (and has been \u201cbeyond debate\u201d for many decades) that our Constitution values and protects the primary role of parents in raising their children. Indeed, as the Pierce Court famously declared, \u201cThe child is not the mere creature of the state; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Love, Not Hate<\/h3>\n<p>The SPLC is right about one thing \u2014 hate has no place in our society. But concerned parents exercising their constitutional rights, affirming biological reality, opposing destructive ideologies, and protecting their children from harm is not hate. It\u2019s love \u2014 love for family and love for country. As Martin Luther King, Jr., once said, \u201cI believe unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Sharon Supp is senior research analyst for Alliance Defending Freedom (@ADFLegal).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent concerns have emerged over the White House&#8217;s alleged influence on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in categorizing parental rights organizations as &#8220;extremist&#8221; in their latest report on hate and extremism. A letter from two Senators and ten Congress members to President Joe Biden questions the motive behind this classification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":753,"featured_media":1966061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/753"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}