Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) went viral this week after he read some hardcore pornography aloud during a Senate hearing. That doesn’t exactly happen every Tuesday.
But the Louisiana senator was participating in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Book Bans: Examining How Censorship Limits Liberty and Literature,” and he wanted to dispel any illusions about what, exactly, was up for debate. So, Kennedy read out loud passages from books including Gender Queer and All Boys Aren’t Blue that describe, in great detail, anal sex.
This stunt shocked the audience, with one witness calling it “very disturbing.” But it effectively raised an important question: If it’s too outrageous to read these books out loud in a room full of adults, why on Earth are they freely available in some middle school classrooms ? And why are liberals and Democrats fighting their removal in the name of “gay rights” and “opposing book bans.
Many of these books are being challenged because they are extremely sexually graphic.
For example, This Book is Gay includes discussion of fetishes that involve eating feces and urinating on your partner. It also includes a how-to guide instructing readers how to use sex hook-up apps that are meant for adults only. (Why would someone of school age need to know how to use Grindr?) Meanwhile, Gender Queer includes depictions of a simulated blow job and much more.
Read mor at thehill.com
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