Nicholas Sparks tried 2 ban an LGBTQ club & student protest from his school

[BUtterfield 8 37,996]

In 2014, the school’s former headmaster and CEO Saul Benjamin filed a lawsuit against members of the Board of Trustees, including Sparks who, in in Benjamin’s words, “unapologetically marginalized, bullied, and harassed members of the School community.”

Sparks tersely refusing to support Benjamin’s attempt to establish an LGBTQ+ club in order to make Epiphany more expressly inclusive.

Sparks reminds Benjamin that the school has had gay students before - “many of them” - who were “handled quietly and wonderfully.” He suggested to prohibit a student protest - which, according to The Daily Beast, “came directly in response to two lesbian girls planning to announce their orientation during chapel” - and complaining that Benjamin has spent too much time emphasizing diversity.

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[Ally Campana 15,284]

Is he an author?

[BUtterfield 8 37,996]

Just now, Ally Campana said:

Is he an author?

Yeah he wrote the notebook 

[SEANGT 4,699]

so Sparks' wants to coddle these young bigots into full-time adult bigots instead of trying to open their minds to diversity. cool! great. ugh. 

[Othon 32,025]

I'm sure his audience of conservative, blonde white women will be outraged.  

[Kimmo 76,262]

He has been racist and homophobic...

[Guest Adarsh]

He’s as basic as it gets, so it’s not shocking. Cancel him immediately.

[AlexanderMagno 10,746]

*pretends to be shocked*

 

He is the king of generic American romantic drama novels. He's the embodiment of Conservatism in literature.

[HotLikeMexico 3,851]

good for him getting some extracurricular activities in his life. I forgot he existed.