cant pretend it's all that important in the scheme of things but finding out walz was the faculty sponsor/advisor for the students who needed one to start a gay-straight alliance club at the high school he taught and coached at hit me harder than i thought it would

I think it's very important.

Huge.

25 years ago no less

IIRC, he even stated it had to be him, because he was a vet and the football couch, so him throwing his support behind it would make it more likely to happen and be accepted.

I’m still thinking about why it hit so hard