Sen. John Kennedy reads sexually explicit passages to justify anti-LGBTQ+ book bans

The passages focused on a strap-on sex toy, oral sex, and incest. But a Democratic senator said the passages are missing the point.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA)
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During a Tuesday Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about book bans, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) read sexually explicit passages from two LGBTQ+ memoirs in order to justify censorship as a necessary way to protect children from pornography and sexual grooming.

However, other experts during the hearing pointed out book bans are also being used to ban non-sexual LGBTQ+ children’s books and other books about the anti-Semitic Nazi Holocaust, Native American genocide, and Black and Latino civil rights experiences.

The hearing, entitled “Book Bans: Examining How Censorship Limits Liberty and Literature,” featured testimony from five witnesses: two who claimed that the upset around book bans is over-exaggerated, and three who consider book bans an attack on democratic free-thinking.

During the hearing, Sen. Kennedy read a passage from…

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