Fire Clin McCance! 50K Facebookers call for resignation of anti-gay Arkansas School Board Member

The Human Rights Campaign today once again called upon Clint McCance – a Midland School Board Member from Arkansas – to resign following an anti-gay tirade he unleashed on Facebook in response to a rash of bullying-related suicides.  HRC has placed a full page ad in tomorrow’s Batesville Guard – the local newspaper in Independence County – calling on McCance to resign. The ad can be seen here:  www.hrcbackstory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/FireMcCance_ad-BatesvilleGuard.pdf.

McCance was re-elected in September to a four year term and there is currently no recall process for elected school board members in Arkansas. 

Earlier today, HRC president Joe Solmonese also sent a letter to McCance asking him to resign for the sake of the children in his community. A letter was also sent to McCance’s colleagues on the school board asking them to join the tens of thousands of people across the country calling for McCance’s resignation.

A Facebook page calling for McCance’s resignation has swelled to nearly 50,000 “likes.” The page is at: www.facebook.com/pages/Fire-Clint-McCance/170421922968484.

Concerned citizens can weigh in by sending a message to the school board president at: http://bit.ly/cqsJND.