DENVER — South Korean national Ban Ki-moon has hold on state legislators. Who is he, you ask? Well, he’s the secretary-general of the United Nations.

According to an email from the Wellsprings Church in Colorado Springs, Ki-moon’s influence runs deep. The email, obtained by the Denver Post and put online Wednesday by reporter Lynn Bartels, accuses four state legislators of pushing a bipartisan bill that would enact a U.N. childcare agenda.

The accusation, however, was scoffed at by several Colorado Springs legislators, including one who represents the church’s district.

“I don’t know about the merits of the bill, but it’s not part of a UN conspiracy,” said Rep. Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs, whose House district contains Wellsprings.

“I don’t know of anyone on my side of the aisle who’s promoting a U.N. agenda, in the House or the Senate,” Gardner said. “There may be some people on the other side of the aisle, but that’s not a conspiracy. It may just be the promotion of liberal goals.”

The bill, SB 130, would create a new office and a new division within the state Department of Human Services to take over a number of children’s services. The new office would oversee Early Intervention Services for children with developmental disabilities, the Family Resource Center Program, the Nurse Home Visitor Program, and more. The bill is sponsored by three Capitol Democrats and one Republican.

That’s a cover-up, according to the Wellsprings email. The email calls the bill “another attempt to remove GOD from America by a radicalized secular state.”

“Today, there is an effort to circumvent not only US law, but the fundamental right of parents through the UN via a treaty called the UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD,” the email reads.

The email charges that the state is trying to usurp the rights of parents and take over child-rearing. It asserts that “de-facto implementation” of the U.N. agenda is being attempted via SB 130. The bill would even phase out parental control inside homes, the email says.

The email was not signed, and a phone call to Wellsprings Church Wednesday afternoon was not returned.

Rep. Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs, said he hasn’t seen the bill, but added that he’s never “personally discovered any U.N. conspiracies” in his four years in the Statehouse.

Senate Majority Leader John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, laughed aloud when he heard of the email.

“It’s interesting that whenever we try to improve government, it’s always some sort of giant conspiracy,” he said.

The Republican state senator who represents Wellsprings, Kent Lambert, didn’t directly dismiss the email. He said he hasn’t heard anything in the Joint Budget Committee about SB 130, but that there are parallels between many Democratic children’s services measures and U.N. policies.

“They (the U.N.) have imposed themselves in discussions internationally,” Lambert said.But he added, “I don’t think the U.N. is having meetings to target Colorado.”

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