The recent spectacle in the Minnesota Senate Education Finance Committee hearing laid bare a stunning hypocrisy that conservatives have been warning about for years. Republican Sen. Michael Holmstrom, during testimony from librarians on the state's library ecosystem, attempted to illustrate the explicit content finding its way into school and public libraries by reading aloud from This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson, a title recommended for readers as young as 12 and available in teen sections of various Minnesota public libraries. Almost immediately, Democratic committee Chair Ann Rest interrupted and demanded he stop, declaring the material "not appropriate" for. . .
