Even though author Nicholas Sparks (of “The Notebook” fame) co-founded a Christian school that appeared to uphold biblical principles on sexual morality, he has now released a statement giving his full, unequivocal support for all things LGBT-related after facing significant backlash.
Last week, The Daily Beast published a lengthy article accusing the famed romance novelist of banning an LGBT club at Epiphany School of Global Studies, a Christian school he helped co-found in 2006. According to the school’s former headmaster and CEO Saul Benjamin, Sparks worked in concert with the school’s Board of Trustees to quash open expression of the LGBT identity on campus. As the conflict escalated between Benjamin and Sparks, the former headmaster alleged he was unjustly fired and filed a lawsuit as a result. That suit will be going to trial this August.
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