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During a debate over a book ban on Monday, March 18, Nebraska State Sen. Steve Halloran, a Republican, set off a major controversy by quoting a book’s graphic rape scene and inserting the names of two of his Democratic colleagues. Now, other state senators — both Democrats and Republicans — are calling for his resignation. A bill, if it passes in the Nebraska State Legislature, would, Rolling Stone reports, end prosecution exceptions for “educational institutions providing obscenity to minors in grades K-1.” Halloran supports the bill, while Democratic State Senators Machaela Cavanaugh and Joh…

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