Nearly 15,000 people have joined an online campaign calling for the firing of an Arkansas school board member who is purported to have made anti-gay remarks on his Facebook page. The effort seeking the dismissal of Midland School District board member Clint McCance centers on posts visible on a screenshot of a page that appears to be McCance’s online profile. The image is posted on a Facebook group calling for McCance’s firing that had 14,300 supporters as of 11:30 a.m. “Seriously they want me to wear purple because five queers committed suicide,” the posting reads in the screenshot. “The only way im wearin it for the is if they all commit suicide. I cant believe the people of this world have gotten this stupid. We are honoring the fact that they sinned and killed thereselves because of their sin.”

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