Colorado Democrat lawmakers appeared to smear parental rights groups who oppose a radical new transgender bill, comparing the bill’s critics to “the KKK” during a Tuesday committee hearing.
The “Kelly Loving Act” targets parents who do not affirm their child’s new gender identity.
In child custody decisions, “a court shall consider deadnaming, misgendering, or threatening to publish material related to an individual’s gender-affirming health-care services as types of coercive control,” the bill reads.
“Coercive control” also includes things like threatening to kill someone or forcing someone to commit crimes under Colorado law.
The bill was introduced late Friday evening, and on Tuesday it passed the Colorado Assembly’s Judiciary Committee in a 7-4 vote. It now heads to the Assembly floor for a second reading.
During Tuesday’s hearing, state Rep. Jarvis Caldwell,…
