For once a bigot gets called on his words

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Heard about this through the It Gets Better blog:

It Gets Better Project Members Help Pressure Bigoted AR School Board Member to Resign

"Seriously they want me to wear purple because five queers killed themselves. The only way im wearin it for them is if they all commit suicide."

These were the words posted on Facebook by Clint McCance, a school board member in the Midland School District in Independence Country, Arkansas late last week.

Quickly upon learning of McCance's actions, we called on our project's nearly 100,000 Facebook supporters to petition him to resign immediately. And just one day later, live on CNN, Mr. McCance bowed to the pressure.

The things this man said were just unbelievable, PARTICULARLY since he was in a position of authority over children (school board). Anderson Cooper nailed this guy to the WALL. He deserved it. Watch these videos; they're jaw-dropping. Thank heavens the bigot has resigned.

Cooper confronted him by having him face members of one of the families whose child had committed suicide. This video, too, is riveting.