To be devils advocate here. It still does not impeach on free speech. You are still capable of sharing your ideas to others. The only reason they leave it as an exception is because they believe it to be sexual in nature, as most republicans just assume the homosexuality is always sexual. Is it a bad take. Yes. However I wouldn’t want my children being handed novels of straight people having sex either. The point against republicans is that the presence homosexual relationships, does not necessitate sexual behavior. It is not free speech that is the issue with their opinion. I will note that there are some better examples were some republicans have been anti free speech (cough bud light…). I think it has less to do with republicanism, and more about our political system as a whole. I see both sides just get mad about whatever is “against” them. I have seen both sides to do evil and ignore there own values temporarily (I think someone coined a term for this kind of thing, I think it was “double think”?). I think it is important to encourage people to think, and to not let their political candidates define them, like it’s a football game or a dystopian novel.