These hateful Christian bigots think any mention or media showing that LGBTQ+ people exist is pornography.ย It isn’t and makes a mockery of protecting kids from real porn.ย But they use these words and equate any mention or sign of LGBTQ+ with porn to make it seem as harmful and dangerous as showing hardcore rape porn to children.ย See the quote below.ย Their goal is again to wipe any mention of the LGBTQ+ from society and public view.ย They learned from Putin who used the same protect the children tactic.ย Think of this if this bill passes how do they justify the Bible in libraries and schools?ย But these people want a straight cis white male dominated society where they get to force their church doctrines on the public.ย However these same people scream parental rights or religous freedoom if you ask them to give others respect and equality.ย They want to oppress everyone else but any attempt to get them to give the same respect they demand for their ideas to others who have different beliefs is persecuting them.ย Hugs
On the full House floor, sponsor Rep.ย Doug Banksonย called HB 1119 a โcommonsense policyย that answers a simple question: Should pornography be available to minors in our schools?โ
FIRE warns HB 1119 will increase Florida school book banning
Gabrielle RussonFebruary 23, 2026
‘Our focus right now is on making legislators aware of the billโs constitutional problems.’The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is urging the Senate to kill a bill passed by the House that First Amendment advocates fear will increase book banning in Florida schools.
โLibrary book removals can raise serious First Amendment issues,โ FIREโs Public Advocacy Directorย Aaron Terrย wrote in aย letterย last week to Senate Presidentย Ben Albritton. โThe bill creates aย powerful incentive for individuals to object to any book they dislike or consider inappropriate,ย knowing it will be immediately pulled from circulation for all readers.โ
The House passedย HB 1119ย via aย 84-28 voteย following a partisan debate. An identical Senate bill (SB 1692) has not moved in the upper chamber since it was filed last month.
HB 1119 would block schools from considering the literary, artistic, political or scientific value of books if the material is deemed otherwise harmful for minors.
On the full House floor, sponsor Rep.ย Doug Banksonย called HB 1119 a โcommonsense policyย that answers a simple question: Should pornography be available to minors in our schools?โ
โThe answer is an emphatic no,โ he told lawmakers.Bankson and other Republicans argued some inappropriate books still exist on the shelves because of a loophole from the application of the Miller Test, which is a Supreme Court decision dealing with adult material.
The Apopka Republican filed similar legislation last year that advanced in the House but died in the Senate.
FIRE argues that HB 1119 goes too far.
โTo be clear, not every book is appropriate for every student,โ the Philadelphia-based First Amendment advocacy nonprofit wrote in the letter.
โAgain, FIRE recognizes that school districts have a responsibility to assess whether library materials are appropriate for students of different ages. But any such assessment must be carefully crafted to ensure that students are not broadly denied the opportunity to read age-appropriate works that speak to their particular interests.โThe bill wouldnโt allow school officials to take into account the full content of the book or if the work has serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors of any age since it doesnโt consider grade levels, FIRE said.
โThese elements of the Miller test are critical to preventing censorship of literature, art, medical textbooks, history texts, and other speech that depicts or alludes to sex simply because someone finds them offensive,โ FIRE said.
โIn other words, older studentsโ access cannot be restricted based on what may be unsuitable for younger children. But HB 1119 disregards this commonsense principle. It requires districts to โdiscontinue use of the materialโ if they determine it is โharmful to minors,โ without regard to age or grade level.โ
Florida passed a 2023 law that allows people to challenge book titles they find offensive for young people in schools.ย
โUnder the current statute, Florida schoolย districts have removed hundreds of books from libraries, including titles that are by no stretchย of the imagination โpornographyโ and come nowhere close to the legal definition of obscenity,โ FIRE said in the letter.
โThe Florida Department of Educationโs own report shows that during the last school year,ย literary classics and widely acclaimed modern works โ including โOne Hundred Years of Solitude,โ โA Clockwork Orange,โ โThe Human Stain,โ โThe Kite Runner,โ and โLife of Piโ โ were removed even from libraries serving students in grades 9-12. If enacted, HB 1119 will only accelerateย this trend and further narrow the range of ideas on school library shelves.โ
When asked by Florida Politics whether FIRE would sue if the Legislature passes the bill, the organization did not answer.
โOur focus right now is on making legislators aware of the billโs constitutional problems,โ FIRE spokesmanย Jack Whittenย said. โThatโs a decision that would require internal discussion and depend on various factors.โ
Gabrielle Russon
Gabrielle Russon is an award-winning journalist based in Orlando. She covered the business of theme parks for the Orlando Sentinel. Her previous newspaper stops include the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Toledo Blade, Kalamazoo Gazette and Elkhart Truth as well as an internship covering the nationโs capital for the Chicago Tribune. For fun, she runs marathons. She gets her training from chasing a toddler around. Contact her atย gabriellerusson@gmail.comย or on Twitter @GabrielleRusson .
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