A group of campus conservatives started a petition in support of ROTC’s return to Stanford. This petition has gathered 812 signatures at the time of publication.
The petition is the latest development in the ongoing campus debate over the potential reintroduction of the ROTC program to the Farm. It serves as a response to a similar initiative launched several weeks ago by Stanford Students for Queer Liberation (SSQL), which oppose the return of ROTC on the grounds that it would violate Stanford’s non-discrimination clause.
When SSQL’s petition launched, several students who support ROTC’s return began talking about issuing a counter-petition. Thomas Schultz ‘11, one of the leaders of the Stanford Conservative Society (SCS), spearheaded the effort by creating the pro-ROTC petition on Feb. 22.
By the end of the day, Schultz’s petition had gathered several hundred signatures, surpassing SSQL’s total of 172 to date. It is hosted by PetitionOnline.com, the same website that hosted SSQL’s petition. Unlike SSQL’s, however, Schultz’s petition does not make signatures viewable, only displaying the latest cumulative total.
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