From the beginning, it was clear that the Religious Right’s only concern was to push Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination through. Prof. Christine Blasey Ford, and by extension the other women who were empowered to come forward with their stories of sexual assault, meant nothing to them.

Notice one thing about all of the comments by these self-appointed guardians of morality: Not one of them has expressed one iota of concern for what happened to Ford. Her trauma and pain mean nothing to them, nor does the considerable risk she undertook by stepping forward to tell her story.

Bookstores haven’t been the censors’ target for a long time. These days, it’s public libraries and public schools that feel the heat. The ALA reported 416 censorship attempts in 2017. Of the top 10 books most frequently targeted, half of them deal with LGBTQ themes.