(Jewish Group) SPLC, Emily's List Distance Themselves From Women's March Following Controversy

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A leading U.S. organization fighting bigotry and hate and a high-profile political action committee backing Democratic women are no longer sponsors of the 2019 national Women’s March in Washington, DC this year, after having partnered to support the event in the past.

Neither the Southern Poverty Law Center nor Emily’s List appear on the roster of groups behind the Women’s March published by the organization on Thursday. The list of the sponsors was unveiled ahead of the third annual march set for January 19, an event that has been clouded by controversy over the refusal of three of the March’s co-chairs to clearly denounce Rev. Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam and his anti-Semitic and homophobic positions.

Asked by the Daily Beast about its absence from this year’s list, a spokesperson for the SPLC told the Daily Beast that it had refrained from sponsoring the March because “other projects were a priority.”

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Topping the list of prominent groups continuing to support the march is the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Planned Parenthood and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT.) The list also still includes other major groups like the Democratic National Committee, the League of Women Voters, the National Organization for Women, and the YWCA, together with numerous smaller groups.

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