"Mr. Secretary, what are you asking us to do? Are you suggesting that only librarians should decide whether the two books that I just referenced should be available to kids? Is that what you're saying?" he asked.
Giannoulias responded: "With all due respect, Senator, the words you spoke are disturbing, especially coming out of your mouth, it's very disturbing. But I would also tell you that we're not advocating for kids to read porn.
"We're advocating for parents, random parents, not to have the ability under the guise of keeping kids safe, to try to challenge the worldview of every single manner on these issues," he said. "When individual parents are allowed to make that decision, about where that line is in
To Kill a Mockingbird, which involves a rape scene, should that book be pulled from our libraries? I think it becomes a slippery slope."
Senator John Kennedy reading a graphic passage from "All Boys Aren't Blue" spread across social media on Tuesday.
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