Asshat doesn’t even begin to describe today’s winner. Bully, homophobe, f-tard come to mind.
Today’s winner is Clint McCance, who’s a member of the Midland, Arkansas board of education. McCance had a problem with Spirit Day last week. Spirit Day was a day for people to wear purple to show solidarity with gay and lesbian youth and to honor those who had committed suicide because of bullying and the problems of dealing with coming out.
McCance said that the only way he would wear purple on Spirit Day to honor fallen gay teens “is if they all commit suicide.” And how he would disown his own kids if they were gay. Can’t you just feel the love?
McCance is the president of Ty-De Services (“Offering the best hot water steam extraction cleaning for carpets, upholstery, and ceramic tile. Also offer 24/7 water restoration service”). He’s also a school district board member, which makes his attack on gay youth all the more upsetting, given his position of power to oversee their education.
The initial post read:
Seriously they want me to wear purple because five queers committed suicide. The only way im wearin it for them 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 therselves because of their sin. REALLY PEOPLE.
After folks started leaving comments on McCance’s Facebook wall (which is now locked down), he responded:
No because being a fag doesn’t give you the right o ruin the rest of our lives. It you get easily offended by being caleld a fag then don’t tell anyone you are a fag. Keep that shit to yourself. I don’t care how people decide to live their lives. They don’t bother me if they keep it thereselves. It pisses me off though that we make special purple fag day for them. I like that fags can’t procreate. I also enjoy the fact that they often give each other AIDS and die. If you aren’t against it, you might as well be for it.
Note the grammar. And he’s on a school board! WTF?
Thankfully, not everyone in Midland or Arkansas is as closed-minded as McCance. Dr. Tom Kimbrell, the director of the Arkansas Department of Education has called on McCance to resign.
I strongly condemn the statements that appeared on Mr. Clint McCance’s Facebook page. These comments in no way represent the viewpoints of the thousands of dedicated public school board members, administrators, faculty, staff and students in Arkansas.
“Every student in Arkansas must be educated in a nurturing environment, free from discrimination or harassment. The statements attributed to Mr. McCance constitute a significant departure from statements we expect from our school leaders. The divisiveness and disruption of these comments cause me to seriously question the ability of Mr. McCance to remain as an effective member of the Midland School Board.
And the school district has distanced themselves from McCance.
Clint, you’re a punk. You are a embarrassment to the Christian faith. You should be thrashed. But I will settle for your resignation from the Midland school board. And after you do that, if you’re man enough, crawl back into that dirty little cave you came out of and never show your face again in public.