Arkansas School Board Member Resigns Over Anti-Gay Facebook Comments
An Arkansas school board member has resigned on air in an interview with CNN because of anti-gay comments he made on Facebook.
In his original posting, Arkansas school board member Clint McCance referred to “fags” and “queers”, said he was happy when gay peopled died of AIDS, and that he would only wear purple if all gay people committed suicide.
“Seriously they want me to wear purple because five queers killed themselves,” he said, in reference to the campaign to honor the gay teens who took their lives by wearing purple on October 20.
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