More than 1.6 million people have signed 140 petitions at Change.org decrying the Boy Scout policy. So far, more than 60,000 have signed a petition started by gay Eagle Scout and Boy Scout camp leader Derek Nance, which urged Jepsen to denounce the ban.
Derek Nance's petition asked the "Call Me Maybe" singer to "denounce the Boy Scouts' policy banning gay youth and parents." Last month, the organization put off a decision on whether to lift that restriction, saying it needed more time to examine the "complexity of this issue."