Kent Douglas Lambert has been a state senator in Colorado
since 2011 (and was a representative before that), currently representing
Senate District 9, which encompasses northwest Colorado Springs, the Air Force
Academy, Monument and Black Forest. Of course, Gordon Klingenschmitt himself was a Colorado state representative for some time, and in comparison
with Klingenschmitt Lambert might come across as almost sane. Lambert is not
sane.
Already during the 2007 session, Lambert got some attention
when he filed a formal ethics complaint against the Colorado Education
Association for sending emails making claims Lambert disagreed with (it was
dismissed by the Colorado Legislative Council’s Executive Committee). He also tried
to ban adoption by same-sex couples. And of course, promotion of anti-gay
gibberish and conspiracy theories have been characteristic of Lambert’s career.
In 2013, for instance, he said that Colorado’s law allowing civil unions for gay and lesbian couples was an attempt
at “mind control.” In particular, it
“completely suppresses basically any
ideas; it’s a mind-control experiment by the majority party, the Democrats,
here in Colorado to force everybody, including children in schools, everything
else, under penalty of law, to believe in homosexual marriage.” He didn’t
specify what piece of legislation mentions restrictions on what to believe in. But to drive the point home,
Lambert declared that “this is certainly Brave New World, the Aldous Huxley novel that Big Brother is here,” which makes one
suspect that he hasn’t actually read either Brave
New World or 1984. Oh, and
moreover, allowing transgender children to use the proper bathroom is just like
“the kind of agendas that the greatest
dictators in world history have tried to press in the past” (of course, he
neglects to mention that it is his side
who wants to introduce laws governing restroom choice. Details.) Then there is
this one.
Diagnosis: Standard state legislature kook. There are plenty
of those, and they’ve got power and zeal. Sad.
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