Parents across the country are expressing serious concern about what their children are being exposed to in schools and libraries. Despite being slandered as “domestic terrorists,” racists, and “extremists,” parents are not backing down. But this fight itself reveals the ugliness of what’s going on.
At Tuesday’s Senate hearing on “banned books,” Sen. John Kennedy used some of his time to read to the witnesses directly from some of the books that parents are concerned about. As he read the passages out loud, including the graphic descriptions of gay oral and anal sex, the awkwardness was palpable, leading one of the leftist witnesses, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, there to promote these books being allowed to remain in children’s spaces to say, “the words you spoke are disturbing.”
Giannoulias drafted the recently passed law in Illinois banning book bans. The first-in-nation law requires the state adopt the American Library Association “bill of rights” opposing “attempts to ban, remove, or otherwise restrict access to books or other materials.”
Sen. Kennedy reads passages from pornographic books Genderqueer and All Boys are Blue.
The Illinois Sec. of State Alexi Giannoulias responds by saying “those words are disturbing coming from your mouth.”
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— Greg Price (@greg_price11) September 12, 2023
But that statement reveals the shocking dishonesty of the left. They admit that these books are inappropriate and uncomfortable when read in public, but still insist children should have access to
