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Nicholas Sparks Apologizes, Explains Opposition to LGBT Club
Romance penner Nicholas Sparks issued an apology on Monday for remarks he made in 2013 opposing the formation of an LGBT club at his Christian school.
In an email published last week by the Daily Beast, Sparks faulted Saul Benjamin, who was then the headmaster of the Epiphany School of Global Studies, for pushing an “agenda that strives to make homosexuality open and accepted.” Sparks forbade Benjamin from allowing the LGBT club, and criticized him in harsh terms for focusing on diversity and the school’s anti-discrimination policy.
“As someone who has spent the better part of my life as a writer who understands the power of words, I regret and apologize that mine have potentially pain young people and members of the LGBTQ group, including my friends and colleagues in that community,” Sparks said in a statement on Monday.
In the statement, Sparks said he did not intend to ban an LGBT club outright — but rather to ensure that any club was formed in accordance with the school’s procedures.
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'The Notebook' author Nicholas Sparks apologizes to LGBTQ community for past emails
Author Nicholas Sparks is apologizing for past words he has written — resurfaced emails that portrayed a lack of tolerance to the LGBTQ community.
Sparks, co-founder of the Epiphany School of Global Studies in Recent Bern, North Carolina, wrote a long note on his Facebook page Monday stating his beliefs after past emails were revealed in The Daily Beast. The emails showed Sparks chastising a former headmaster for promoting a pro-gay "agenda" and voiced conflict to an LGBT club in the school
"As someone who has spent the better part of my life as a writer who understands the influence of words, I regret and repent that mine possess potentially hurt fresh people and members of the LGBTQ community, including my friends and colleagues in that community," Sparks wrote.
"It’s never been my intent to be unresponsive to the needs of the LGBTQ or any minority community," Sparks wrote. "In fact, the opposite is genuine, and I confidence my actions moving forward will verify that."
The emails in question: Show author Nicholas Sparks objecting to pro-gay 'agend
‘The Notebook’ Author Nicholas Sparks Affirms Assist For LGBTQ Community; Opposing Attorney Says Writer’s Emails “Speak For Themselves” – Update
UPDATE, with attorney responseThe Notebook writer Nicholas Sparks has released a lengthy, 500-word-plus statement in which he expresses “regret” and apologizes for his words that “have potentially hurt young people and members of the LGBTQ group, including my friends and colleagues in that community.”
But an attorney for the former headmaster of the faith-based educational facility co-founded by Sparks responded to today’s statement by countering that the bestselling author’s old emails “continue to utter for themselves and demonstrate Nicholas Sparks’s unmistakable lack of support for an LGBT club or the students affected by anti-LGBTQ+ bullying at the school.”
Sparks’ new statement arrives four days after the publication of an article on The Daily Beast website that quoted and/or reprinted aged emails written by Sparks that suggested anti-gay bias. The emails came to light during a legal battle pitting Sparks and the faith-based Epiphany Schoo
Nicholas Sparks Pens Lengthy Response to LGBTQ Controversy at His Christian School
Nicholas Sparks is firing assist at a report showing emails sent by The Notebook author, wherein he defends his ruling to ban an LGBTQ club.
On Thursday, a story in The Daily Beast reported that the author had banned student protests relating to diversity issues and a club where students discussed sexual self at the Epiphany School of Global Studies, a K-12 Christian educational facility Sparks co-founded in 2006 in North Carolina.
The story additionally excerpted emails that emerged in the discovery portion of a lawsuit former school headmaster Saul Benjamin brought against Epiphany and Sparks, which showed Sparks defending a decision to ban what he called a “gay club” and telling Benjamin that others perceived he had an “agenda” that “strives to make homosexuality uncover and accepted.” Sparks told Benjamin in the wake of his action to shut down a group to discuss sexual persona, “don’t rock the boat on this particular issue.”
After he banned the group, Sparks also defended Epiphany’s track record with lgbtq+ students: &#