'Mama bears' may be the 2024 race's soccer moms. But where the GOP seeks votes, some see extremism | Federal News Network

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The groups and their work took off during the COVID-19 pandemic, when they say parents got a closer look at what their children were being exposed to in public schools.
50% : In his first term, the governor backed legislation prohibiting instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, a measure that critics called the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
47% : Jones pulled her two kids out of public school after the district approved a policy that allows transgender students to use the bathroom or locker room of the gender they identify as, without alerting parents,.
46% : They have turned up en masse at school board and library board meetings, fighting to ban instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation.
39% : These conservative mothers and grandmothers, who in recent years have organized for "parental rights," including banning discussion of gender identity in schools, have been classified as extremists by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
39% : "These conservative mothers and grandmothers, who in recent years have organized for "parental rights," including banning discussion of gender identity in schools, have been classified as extremists by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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