I also strongly suspect that Baker’s issues with autistic kids dressing up has to do with him being homophobic and transphobic, as the reason why kids turn gay (in his mind, or whatever he has that passes for a mind) is because they are recruited. Also, dressing up in costumes and funky hairstyles can “turn a child gay” because nobody is ever born gay . . . because God doesn’t make mistakes.
I get intensly angry and bitter about people like Baker because religious shit like this interferes with me providing a good standard of care when I work as a nurse and/or a paramedic.
- Religious hospitals get bent out of shape when I treat the gay (or lesbian) partner like a spouse.
- I’ve been reprimanded and sanctioned for referring homeless people to the Sikh temple for free meals (which they call langar) when I should have sent them to a church instead.
- Treating Wiccan clergy like any other clergy.
- Transporting rape victims to a hospital that I know provides the “Plan B” morning-after pill.
- Encouraging a highly qualified pediatric intensive care nurse (who happened to be gay) to treat a very sick child got me sanctioned, as “All gay people tend to be pedophiles.”
And so on.
This is why I wouldn’t piss in Baker’s face if his hair was on fire.