His mother has been collecting signatures on a Change.org petition calling upon the Boy Scout to grant her son Eagle rank. Her son has been in Scouting since 6 and has long dreamed of becoming an Eagle Scout, the mother said in the online petition.

Ryan Andresen built a "tolerance wall" made out of 288 unique tiles at his school and was assisted by elementary students, his mother said. The wall shows that bully victims aren't alone.

"Ryan has worked for nearly 12 years to become an Eagle Scout, and nothing would make him more proud than earning that well-deserved distinction," the mother said in the online petition, which has collected more than 450,000 signatures. "I hope that if enough people come together, we can convince my son's troop leaders to help him feel proud of who he is and all he's accomplished."