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The Connecticut General Assembly 2025 session just started, and one of the top priorities for Senators Bob Duff and Ceci Maher appears to be keeping pornographic books in school and public libraries.

Who knew that was such a pressing issue for the state of Connecticut?

Proposed Bill No. 523, An Act Concerning the Curation and Retention of Library Materials Contained in Public And School Libraries and Legal Protections Afforded to Librarians and Staff Working in Such Libraries, aims to revise the general statutes in Connecticut to:

1. prohibit public and school libraries from excluding or censoring books because of the origin, background or views of the material or of its authors, or solely because a person finds such books offensive;
2. require local school boards and the governing bodies of public libraries to set up policies for book curation and the removal of library materials, including a way to address concerns over certain items;
3. provide a librarian and other library staff members with immunity from criminal and civil liability arising from good faith actions performed pursuant to state law; and
4. provide a civil cause of action to a librarian and other library staff members for emotional distress, defamation, libel, slander, damage to reputation or any other relevant tort, against any person who harasses a librarian or library staff member from compliance with state law.

You might think the bill sounds radical, but it probably has a decent chance of getting passed considering the democrat majority in Hartford, and their blatantly progressive agenda.

Connecticut wouldn't be the first state to pass such a law, either.

In fact, New Jersey became the most recent state in December 2024 to pass legislation to prohibit bans on books in school and public libraries, joining Illinois and Minnesota.

The books.

A year and a half ago, we assembled the "Greenwich Back-To-School Book Spectacular" to give parents a better idea of the kinds of books that were found in Greenwich Public School Libraries.

The Book Spectacular included screenshots of 63 books found in GPS libraries, including pictures and/or excerpts from each book, along with a link to a detailed review so parents could become better acquainted with the library collection.

Just because a book was included in the guide doesn't mean it had been and/or should be challenged, but we realized most people didn't understand what the fuss was all about when it came to books in the first place, and they needed more information. 

We also shared examples of books found in Greenwich public libraries in a slideshow online, and during the League of Women Voter's discussion on "Restricting Access to Books in Our Schools” in November 2023.

The lively discussion at the LWV meeting made it absolutely crystal clear the "book ban" issue was rife with misinformation and fake news, especially since people hadn't actually seen most of the books in question.

The truth is no one is calling for a true ban on books -- that would mean publishers could no longer publish any of the challenged books.

Instead, parents have been calling for common sense rules about age-appropriateness and sexually-explicit content (not unlike those regarding movie and/or tv show ratings), and requesting that libraries correctly relocate books that are rated for adults only from the children's and/or teen sections of the library back to the adult section.

Hardly a book ban, but don't tell that to the democrats who are hell-bent on letting children gain access to sexually-explicit content in the library!

How many times have you seen Connecticut politicians push sexually explicit books?

We remember a bunch of times!

Like that time when CT State Rep Raghib Allie-Brennan read Flamer in honor of "banned book week." That's the book depicting boys ejaculating into a soda bottle, telling another boy "you have to DRINK IT" if you don't "contribute" to the bottle.

And the time when State Rep. Dominique Johnson dropped by the Norwalk Public Library to read a children’s book on gender identity.  

She was pictured with CT Lt. Gov Susan Bysiewicz holding a copy of frequently challenged book Fun Home, a book that was removed from Greenwich High School library after we showed the Board of Education and Superintendent a graphic image depicting an oral sex scene from the book.

Then there was the time State Rep. Jeff Currey shared his support of Banned Books Week by posing for a photo at his library while reading Gender Queer, a book that features references to pedophilia between an adult female (trans-male) and minor female (trans-male).

Even U.S. Congressman Jim Himes once said he was going to read "banned books" over the summer, including The Handmaid’s Tale (Graphic Novel) and The Bluest Eye.

Then he gaslit parents who opposed pornographic books, calling them "out of touch" extremists.

If Proposed Bill 523 passes in its current form, it appears parents (aka "out of touch" extremists) would have very little recourse to remove inappropriate books from Connecticut libraries.

Plus, they would have to be very careful what they say, lest they get sued by a librarian who feels emotional distress over being accused of giving sexually explicit content to a child.

Buckle up, friends, it looks we’re in store for quite a legislative session in Hartford!

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