Virginia Anti-Trans Agitators Target Schools for Obeying Law
Deputy sheriff urges schools to defy the law
“We love our guns, we love our God, we love our Constitution, we love those kids,” said Jony Baker, a Dickenson County Deputy Sheriff who also works as an aide to a Virginia state legislator and lost an election last January for the Republican nomination for a Virginia state senate seat.
Sadly, Baker didn’t mean he loves all kids. Nor does his oath to uphold the law seem to mean much to him when LGBTQ people are involved. He was urging a crowd to act on hatred of transgender kids, which at least one person translated to hating gay children too.
Baker was speaking at a Wise County rally he helped organize for Stand Up Virginia, which is staging similar events all over the state. Over a hundred people showed up to protest against policy changes the Wise County School Board recently approved to protect transgender students from harassment, bullying, and discrimination — policies mandated by newly amended Virginia Code sections 22.1–22.3.
When Baker said, “we love those kids,” he didn’t mean trans kids and he didn’t mean gay kids, categories of children the crowd blasted with hateful religious condemnation throughout the event.
