“Principal Schwartz gave explicit permission and approval to the organizers for the walkout to happen, despite cutting our time and changing the location repeatedly,” explains Cameron Driggers, a student who started the petition. “This act of retaliation is utterly disgusting. We demand that Jack’s suspension be rescinded immediately and that he receives a personal apology from Principal Schwartz.”
Controversy around the proposed “Don’t Say Gay” bill has inspired a wave of activity on Change.org over the past few weeks. More than 30,000 have signed this petition opposing the bill, and other petitions with the same demand have gathered more than 11,000 signatures. Others have gone after the corporations that have funded the politicians who introduced the legislation, like this petition with more than 3,000 asking Walgreens to speak out against the bill.
