PHILADELPHIA — With a field of GOP presidential hopefuls addressing them Friday, members of the controversial, self-described parental rights group Moms for Liberty vowed not to be deterred by protests that have dogged them since the beginning of their annual conference in Philadelphia.
But for a second day, demonstrators amassed outside to heckle attendees, organize banned-book giveaways, and wave signs with slogans like “Moms for Bigotry” and “Stop the Hate.”
“I fought to defend against this,” said Hanoch Fields, a rabbi and retired U.S. Army colonel and chaplain, who joined a crowd of about 60 demonstrators Friday morning across the street from the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, where the conference was taking place. “There’s free speech, and then there’s a lot of what this group is espousing.”
